DB

Trustees face a ‘divestment dilemma’ when seeking to mitigate the risks posed to UK pension schemes by climate change, according to a new paper published by Aon. This report explores in more...

Many trustees are unsure whether new  rules aimed at preventing pension scams will be effective, according to a new survey. Specialist pension law firm Sacker & Partners found that while half of...

The health of the UK's Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes continued to improve in the fourth quarter of 2021, with the average scheme expected to be able to fund 98.4 per cent...

DB pension scheme deficits have continued to increase during January, despite rising bond yields. Figures from Mercer’s latest pension risk survey showed that deficits for the DB schemes of the UK’s 350...

By updating their PPF valuation this year, DB pension schemes with a 2020 triennial valuation could save significantly on their PPF levy says Hymans Robertson.   These schemes are especially vulnerable to having to...

The Pensions Regulator has sets out its plans for how the new collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes should be regulated. This draft codes comes ahead of changes which will see trustees be...

Defined benefit pension liabilities could be cut by 2 per cent as a result of Covid and other mortality factors says LCP.  LCP's Health Analytics team examined the drivers of change in...

When will the pensions industry and, more importantly, its members, clients and customers get access to the pensions dashboard? The answer is not until 2023 at least. In October 2020, the Pensions...

Thousands of people who were advised to transfer out of the British Steel Pension Scheme could be in line for compensation, with the regulator now consulting on a redress scheme. The Financial...

The UK pension risk settlement market is expected to exceed £45bn in 2021 - the third consecutive year that it has reached this level.  Analysis by Aon says it expects another bumper...