DB pensions

Best Practice | 27 Feb 18

Nucleus, the adviser-built wrap platform, has brought together a panel of experts and financial advisers to help the IFA community navigate its way through the defined benefit (DB) transfer “minefield”.

Best Practice | 22 Jan 18

The UK High Court has ruled that communications group BT cannot change a pension scheme from the retail price index (RPI) to the generally lower consumer price index, placing more significance on an imminent government white paper on defined benefit pension schemes, a legal expert says.

Industry | 18 Jan 18

The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority has wholly rejected a report from the Work & Pensions Select Committee that said the UK watchdog of “sleepwalking into another mis-selling scandal”.

Industry | 16 Jan 18

Just a day after Carillion entered liquidation, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association has warned that it has already seen signs that scammers are looking to exploit defined benefit (DB) scheme members.

Best Practice | 12 Jan 18

The Financial Conduct Authority will collect data from every UK firm that advises on defined benefit (DB) pension transfers, as part of a probe into practices across the market.