Alex Hutton-Mills

Oversimplification must be avoided in The Pensions Regulator’s (TPR) proposed revision of the defined benefit (DB) scheme funding code, and a third way might be necessary, the industry has said.

TPR has set out specific guidance for trustees and employers with schemes approaching a valuation. Kim Kaveh looks at the details of its annual funding statement.

Headline dividend payments have reached record levels in 2018. James Phillips asks if trustees should be concerned over the current high level of yields.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is consulting on proposals to charge a "risk reflective" levy for commercial defined benefit (DB) consolidation vehicles.

The Bank of England has raised rates for the first time in 10 years on a gradual path towards normalisation. Stephanie Baxter explores whether this will give schemes a reprieve from low yields