ETV

Cookson has increased its UK pensions surplus as an ongoing enhanced transfer value exercise and inflation index switch boosted funding levels by more than £13m.

Costain has begun an enhanced transfer value exercise as part of a raft of measures designed to cut its pension scheme liabilities by £50m.

Spectris has slashed the deficit of its UK defined benefit scheme by almost two-thirds through a mixture of deficit contributions and an enhanced transfer value exercise.

Hogg Robinson is carrying out an enhanced transfer value exercise in an attempt to reduce the volatility of its pension obligations.

With the price of complete buyouts becoming prohibitive for many trustees, Andrew Short looks at cheaper alternatives to shifting liabilities, and how they can be funded.

The government should suspend the use of enhanced transfer value exercises until an urgent review into the practice has been completed, argues Fidelity.

Jack Jones talks to Margaret Snowdon

Less than a quarter of finance directors are aware of the effect of auto-enrolment on their company pension, according to research.

Jenna Towler questions if all publicity is good publicity

Warnings over enhanced transfer value offers have led to a significant drop off in the number of employees taking them up, industry figures say.