Sponsoring employers often want to cut contributions in order to invest in their businesses - but should trustees agree to this? Our panel discusses the issues.
Jack Jones looks at the latest auto-enrolment rules from TPR
Dairy Crest has used £60m worth of maturing cheese to back its pension liabilities after trustees raised concerns over the sponsor covenant following the £341m sale of spreads business St Hubert.
AkzoNobel has slashed deficit recovery plans for its main UK schemes by almost €500m (£440m) over the last year as part of a strategy to cut costs and improve returns.
Water, electricity and gas companies are moving their actuarial valuation dates in a bid to include pension costs in consumer pricing reviews, PP has learnt.
DC members at smaller employers cannot expect adequate retirement incomes after an "alarming" stagnation of contributions according to research from the Association of Consulting Actuaries.
Scheme sponsors are facing growing pressure to make higher contributions at the same time as their ability to support defined benefit obligations remains depressed, warns PwC.
Johnston Press has boosted contributions to its scheme by 60% after seeing its shortfall double last year.
Kcom has brought forward a £10m pension contribution to take advantage of higher levels of tax relief available before April.
Premier Foods has deferred £94m of scheme contributions until 2014, as part of a deal to refinance more than £1.2bn in debts.