The aggregate funding position of the 6,653 schemes in the Pension Protection Fund's 7800 index improved to a deficit of £20.4bn at the end of September.
The Pension Protection Fund's proposed levy calculation reforms will bring "stability and predictability" to scheme payments, chief executive Alan Rubenstein says.
The Pension Protection Fund should stop using gilt yields to calculate the levy, Trigon Pensions says.
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The Pension Protection Fund is set to cut its levy demand by £120m to an estimated £600m.
More than half of scheme managers believe Pension Protection Fund plans to become financially self-sufficient by 2030 are overly cautious.
Schemes are not de-risking quickly enough and should do more to reduce high levels of equity investment, the Pension Protection Fund says.
The National Employment Savings Trust could be retained despite a cull of over 177 quangos, a Cabinet Office document says.
The National Employment Savings Trust could be retained despite a cull of over 177 quangos, a leaked Cabinet Office document suggests.
Tackling spiralling deficits is trustees' single highest priority in the next year, the inaugural Nabarro Pension Survey shows.