HM Treasury is hunting for actuarial firms to work on the Equitable Life payment scheme and estimates the contracts could be worth up to £5m.

Bluefin Corporate Consulting has hired John Branford as an actuary.

UK - Pension scheme liabilities ‘held fast' at £1.4trn ($2.2trn) last month as market conditions remained relatively calm, figures from Xafinity Corporate Solutions show.

Sacker & Partners has re-elected Ian Pittaway as the law firm's senior partner for the third time.

Pension scheme liabilities ‘held fast' at £1.4trn last month as market conditions remained relatively calm, figures from Xafinity Corporate Solutions show.

Defined benefit pension schemes wiped £93bn off their combined deficits in the last 12 months but the demise of final salary arrangements will not cease, JLT Pension Capital Strategies say.

Tony Morris is the fifth person to be charged in the £52m GP Noble fraud case after being extradited from Australia, the Serious Fraud Office confirms.

The £1.7m Tayside Superannuation Fund has appointed Prudential as its second additional voluntary contribution provider after a review of current provision.

NEST laid out its default investment strategy last week and it can fairly be described as cautious.

UK - Trustees remain wary of making allocations to emerging market debt despite recognising its diversification potential, an Aberdeen Asset Management survey shows.