A new batch of regulations could allow the unguaranteed part of the BT Pension Scheme to fall into the Pension Protection Fund, a lawyer says.
Four more pension schemes entered the Pension Protection Fund last month.
The aggregate funding position of the 7400 defined benefit funds monitored by the Pension Protection Fund worsened to a deficit of £51.9bn in January.
The Pension Protection Fund has performed well overall but needs to adapt its investment processes as more schemes enter the fund, the National Audit Office says.
The strongest companies could see their Pension Protection Fund levy triple because of uncertainty around how their failure scores are calculated, Mercer warns.
UK - Lawrence Churchill is to leave his post as chairman of the Pension Protection Fund to become the first chairman of NEST Corporation, the trustee body overseeing the country's new personal accounts scheme.
Lawrence Churchill is to leave the Pension Protection Fund to become the first chairman of NEST Corporation.
Partha Dasgupta has been named as the new chairman of The Pensions Advisory Service.
Companies could face a large increase in their Pension Protection Fund levy bill if their parent companies are considered to be at significant risk, Punter Southall warns.
Almost 1200 defined benefit schemes closed to existing members between 2000 and 2008, data from the Purple Book reveals.