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

John Lewis Partnership has seen an £87m increase in its defined benefit (DB) scheme deficit despite pumping in more than £50m, its interim results show.

Go-Ahead has triggered a formal 60-day consultation on closing its defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual, its final results show.

Johnson Service Group (JSG) will merge its existing three defined benefit (DB) schemes into one as it looks to cut operating costs.

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.

Engineering firm Costain's defined benefit (DB) scheme deficit has reduced following risk reduction exercises and in spite of 2012's plummeting discount rates, its interim results show.

Taha Lokhandwala looks at how the availability of high quality corporate bonds affects schemes’ funding positions

A shortage of AA corporate bonds is leading to inconsistencies in the way FTSE350 companies calculate defined benefit (DB) deficits, Hymans Robertson says.

Consumer packaging firm Rexam has seen its UK defined benefit (DB) pension scheme move from deficit to surplus in the first half of the year, its interim results show.

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has seen its defined benefit (DB) schemes move to surplus after substantial asset gains in the first half on 2013, its interim results show.