defined benefit

Pan Governance has been chosen to act as independent trustee of Deloitte's defined benefit (DB) master trust which was launched earlier this year.

Sponsoring employers will not have to help fund equalised survivor benefits for widowers and same sex partners before 2005.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has appointed Frank Johnson as chair of its defined benefit (DB) council, and Richard Butcher as chair of its defined contribution (DC) council.

PP looks at what is in store for public sector schemes

Tony Baily has been appointed client director by Cardano and joins from Aon Hewitt where he was a partner.

James Chalk has been hired by PwC as it expands its pensions employer covenant business in north England centred on Leeds and Manchester.

Anna Rogers - the former Mayer Brown partner who co-founded ARC Pensions in June - hopes her new boutique pensions law firm will expand to 20 lawyers.

Better comms could ensure the £20bn spent on DB each year isn’t wasted

Three unions are prepared to ballot 1200 members of 1600 workers at Northumbrian Water and Essex and Suffolk Water over proposals to axe the company's final salary scheme.

Tesco will provide staff with concessions after plans to close its final salary defined benefit (DB) pension scheme triggered a flood of complaints from employees and unions, according to reports.