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The Bank of England's (BoE) decision to increase interest rates for the first time in over a decade has been welcomed by the industry, yet the move will only be "symbolic" for most defined benefit (DB) schemes.

The collective deficit of defined benefit (DB) schemes fell 28% over the month according to the Pension Protection Fund's 7800 index.

Up from 2.6%

Interest rates may increase faster in the future than financial markets have priced in, the Bank of England's (BoE) deputy governor has said.

Inflation is on the rise but how can schemes deal with this? Lynn Strongin-Dodds takes a look at the options.

The Treasury select committee is to investigate how low interest rates and quantitative easing have impacted the economy since 2008.

MPs are considering a wide range of views on how to solve the DB 'crisis'. James Phillips rounds up the responses.

Further quantitative easing (QE) and cutting interest rates to 0.25% have not hurt businesses with defined benefit (DB) schemes, according to the Bank of England (BoE).

Increased uncertainty around Brexit could lead to a prolonged period of low economic growth like that experienced by Japan. Charlotte Moore looks at what this will mean and how it can be prevented.

Graham Vidler highlights the key difficulties faced by defined benefit schemes.