Ros Altmann

Liabilities of defined benefit (DB) schemes have increased markedly according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 Index.

Two years have passed since the Law Commission's landmark review that attempted to clear up confusion over trustees' fiduciary duties. Stephanie Baxter finds despite some initial progress there is much more work to be done.

The industry has to be more flexible to make defined benefit (DB) schemes more sustainable during this time of economic uncertainty says Ros Altmann.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation into the future of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

Defined contribution (DC) schemes need to take a lead from defined benefit (DB) counterparts when looking to include illiquid assets.

Pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann has pledged to work on net pay arrangements (NPA) that cut lower earners' pension contributions by up to 25%.

Tomas Carruthers and Ron Jarman have been appointed as trustees to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) by the pensions minister.

The pensions minister has said investing in growth boosting and social projects could be part of a solution for deficit-ridden schemes struggling with falling gilt yields.

At next week's PBUK we will be asking our key speakers about the effects of the Brexit vote on pension scheme.

The majority of respondents in this week's PP survey believe it would be inappropriate for pensions ministers to side-step the regulator to rescue a crisis-hit scheme.