PPF

Chris Collins explains the reasoning behind the first substantial changes to the pension protection levy since its introduction and how the new rules will benefit schemes.

The aggregate deficit of schemes in the Pension Protection Fund 7800 index fell slightly last month from £265.6bn to £222.2bn.

Trustees risk seeing their Pension Protection Fund levy rise by "millions" if they do not focus on the type of guarantee given by scheme sponsors, Mercer warns.

With the deadline for trustees to take action to reduce their Pension Protection Fund levies approaching fast, here are five steps schemes can still take:

The Pensions Regulator has launched an investigation into MF Global, after the global brokerage filed for bankruptcy last year.

Trustees risk seeing their Pension Protection Fund levy rise by "millions" if they do not focus on the type of guarantee given by scheme sponsors, Mercer warns.

The aggregate deficit of schemes in the Pension Protection Fund 7800 index fell slightly last month from £265.6bn to £222.2bn.

The Pension Infrastructure Platform is set to bypass construction risk and offer both debt and equity investment portions for UK investors, plan organisers say.

Chancellor George Osborne's plan to convince schemes to invest £20bn into a government-backed infrastructure fund has serious "issues", Labour claims.

Culture minister Ed Vaizey has stepped into the row over the Wedgwood museum collection which is under threat of being sold off to help plug a £134m pension shortfall.