Charles Cowling

Total UK defined benefit (DB) pension deficits shrunk slightly in October but still stand at £228bn, according to figures from JLT Employee Benefits.

Deficits in UK defined benefit schemes remained at "eye-watering" levels in May and are more than 50% higher than they were this time last year, according to JLT Employee Benefits.

Pension deficits of UK companies have risen by £107bn since March 2014, according to research.

Pension deficits at the UK's top 100 firms have ballooned 60% in the past year, carrying on a trend of spiralling funding gaps for schemes.

Private sector defined benefit (DB) schemes have seen their combined deficits rise 70% in the past 12 months, according to research.

Deficits of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes have worsened year on year as a result of critically low bond yields, according to JLT Employee Benefits' monthly index.

Insurance companies in the FTSE100 have some of the best defined benefit (DB) scheme funding levels as a result of Solvency II, research from JLT Employee Benefits (JLTEB) shows.

Jack Jones looks at the significance of movements in measures of scheme funding

Deficits in the private sector rose in August with smaller-cap listed and unlisted firms mainly to blame, research from JLT Employee Benefits (JLTEB) shows.

An increase in liabilities across UK defined benefit schemes in March wiped out improvements in funding levels reported over the last quarter, according to research from JLT Pension Capital Strategies.