The Pension Protection Fund has appointed a further four actuarial firms in a major extension of its ‘assess and pay' project to speed up scheme entry into the lifeboat fund.

The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation to extend the rules of the Financial Assistance Scheme to insure schemes exempt from the Pension Protection Fund.

Trustees need better advice on qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes to stop them being targeted by ‘smash and grab' schemes, a provider says.

Hertfordshire council pension fund has outsourced its pension administration and payroll operations to the London Pensions Fund Authority in a deal set to save the fund £1.6m.

The Financial Reporting Council is set to encourage fund managers to avoid conflicts of interest and pursue more collective engagement to boost stewardship standards.

Investors should be more cautious over equity investments as current risk premiums are unappealing, Barings Asset Management says.

Pension funds are at risk of negative gilt returns as inflation, quantitative easing and an improving economy all start to drive yields higher, Schroders warns.

Corporate pension funds should get more oversight of their liquidity management functions so they can react faster to market volatility, delegates heard.

Two-thirds of FTSE350 firms use lower levels of inflation than the market to calculate pension accounts - shaving £7bn off deficits, a survey shows.

Scottish & Newcastle pension scheme members are asking government to investigate Heineken over claims the brewer reneged on its promise to provide discretionary pension increases each year.