Defined benefit (DB) pension transfer values slumped to a new month-end low in May 2025, according to XPS Group's Value Index, marking a third consecutive monthly record ...

With 50% of employees not confident they can turn their retirement savings into a consistent stream of income for the rest of ...

In one of the biggest changes to the rules for defined benefit schemes in years, trustees will soon be allowed to relax rules around releasing surpluses. Bina Mistry of the Society of Pension ...

Key differences between a traditional pension and a 401(k) With defined benefit pensions, the entire burden of saving and investing money for a worker’s retirement falls on the employer ...

A DB scheme may provide guaranteed income and higher payouts if you have been a member of the pension or company for a long period, but there are some drawbacks.

Defined-Benefit Pension Plans’ Impact on Retirement and Employee Security. The revival of defined-benefit pension plans would be a positive development for retirement security in the United States.

In a blog, Fairs said while those with defined contribution pensions have been able to benefit from pension freedoms since 2015, there are “barriers” to those with defined benefit pensions ...

While some older companies still provide their employees with pensions for retirement, most have switched to 401(k)s. One expert explains why the switch happened and what it means for you.

Pensions: Joint DB & DC trustee agenda - October 2023. Neil Bowden, Andy Cork, Jane Higgins, Jessica Kerslake, Jason Shaw. A&O Shearman + Follow Contact. LinkedIn ...

The Pension Protection Fund’s Purple Book — the UK’s almanack of private sector defined benefit pensions — dropped on Wednesday. While it is always worth a read in full, we’ve pulled out ...

The defined benefit (DB) reforms set out in last week’s Pension Schemes Bill “put pension schemes at risk of underfunding”, a report has said. The impact report from the Pension Security Alliance (PSA ...

The launch of the new DB funding code has been postponed until April 2024 . There is currently no date for revised regulations on changes to the notifiable events regime ( read more ).