funding level

Some 30% of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are significantly in surplus, according to Aon Hewitt.

Pension scheme funding levels have been eroded by falling bond yields, according to JLT Employee Benefits (JLT EB).

The Universities Superannuation Scheme's (USS) funding ratio was stable over the year to March, despite a significant increase in the value of its liabilities.

A number of pension funds are avoiding poor valuation results because of the fortunate timing of their three-year cycles, according to Hymans Robertson partner Patrick Bloomfield.

Trustees should work with employers to agree funding solutions that balance member interests with business growth according to The Pension Regulator chairman Michael O'Higgins.

Many employers whose schemes had triennial valuations last year were able to maintain or increase existing deficit recovery contributions, says The Pensions Regulator.

Con Keating outlines a different method for scheme valuations

Taha Lokhandwala on the challenges to healthy scheme funding

Rolls Royce has seen its UK schemes' funding position fall by 28% due to a decrease in the value of assets, its 2012 results show.

Controlling funding status volatility has topped trustees' wish lists for 2013, according to an SEI poll.