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Helen Morrissey asks how much power trustees really have when dealing with sponsors?

Frances O’Grady says equalisation would not cost much and would make a huge difference

The size of BT's defined benefit pension deficit helped save the telecoms giant from being acquired, according to chief financial officer Tony Chanmugam.

PwC has launched an off-shore longevity swap vehicle intended to reduce the cost of longevity swaps for schemes as small as £250m.

BT will pay £1.5bn into its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme by April to tackle a £7bn deficit as part of an agreed recovery plan with the trustees.

BT has lost its fight to hold onto a partial exemption from paying the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) levy.

Jack Jones looks at the implications of a record-breaking exercise

The value of special contributions made by employers to plug defined benefit (DB) deficits dropped by 50% in the first quarter of the year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The BT Group pension scheme's deficit hit £7.3bn gross of tax after an increase in market inflation expectations.

Naomi Rainey looks abroad for lessons on how a super fund structure could work