DB

The financial health of the DB pension schemes in the UK improved moderately in the second quarter of this year, following the impact of the Covid pandemic in the first three months....

Bulk annuities sales have proved to be resilient despite difficult market conditions, with almost £13bn of business placed in the first half of this year. According to Aon this is the fourth...

Aberdeen Standard Investments chair Martin Gilbert and Chris Hitchen, the former CEO of Railpen, are two of a string of high-profile figures appointed to the asset and liability committee of The Pension SuperFund....

I’ve been waiting for a while for anyone to come up with a good argument as to why introducers – particularly those that intervene on DB pension transfers – should not be banned....

Pension deficits have continued to rise during July, despite the economic lockdown easing, according to the latest data from Mercer. Its Pensions Risk Survey data shows the accounting deficit of the DB...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a marked effect on the funding of DB schemes, with a wide gap remaining between the best and worst-funded schemes, according to Aon’s latest accounting report. It...

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched a new secure income funds for DB schemes, which invest in  range of assets including infrastructure debt, real estate debt and private corporate debt....

The Pensions Regulator’s new framework for defined benefit (DB) schemes is too rigid and fails to take into the unique issues faced by certain schemes, risking worse outcomes for members and employers....

The Pension Schemes Bill has been approved in the House of Lords and will be taken through the House of Commons later this year.  There are a number of proposals in this...

The Public Accounts Committee has called for a review of pension tax relief, to ensure it is effective and providing value for money. This is part of a wider review into tax...