DB

Two years into his role as CEO of Independent Governance Group (IGG), indie rock-loving Mancunian Andrew Bradshaw has a vision of a new form of professional trustee firm.  For Bradshaw it is...

The surpluses accumulated in DB schemes are key to unlocking investment in the UK economy and kick-starting the government's growth agenda, according to a new report from the Social Market Foundation. The...

First Actuarial is calling for a fairer approach from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) as pension redress remains at a historic low, urging a reassessment of pension transfer complaints in light of...

XPS Group has launched a new guide to help DB trustees and sponsors respond to the new funding and investment strategy regulations. All DB schemes now have to comply with these new...

DB transfer activity has fallen for the third consecutive month, hitting its lowest rate since the index was established in 2018, according to XPS Group’s Transfer Activity Index. There was an annualised...

Roll back a few years and defined benefit (DB) pension schemes were focused on bridging a deficit on technical provisions or moving towards self sufficiency. Surplus probably didn’t enter into the thinking...

The BT Pension Scheme (BTPS), one of the UK’s largest pension schemes, has completed two significant reinsurance transactions, covering £10bn of liabilities. These deals protect the scheme, which has 260,000 members and...

TO DOWNLOAD A FULL COPY OF THE DECUMULATION ROUNDTABLE SUPPLEMENT CLICK HERE  How is the DB market changing? The defined benefit market has transformed over the last decade. There are now fewer...

Defined benefit scheme funding has held steady in February, despite the more volatile economic backdrop.  Figures from Broadstone’s Siruis Index, which monitors how various pension scheme strategies are performing on their journeys...

 TPT Investment Management has launched a new £720m investment grade bond fund. This is a collective investment vehicle for UK pension schemes and has been seeded with capital from TPT’s DB master...