Employers are reluctant to communicate the Budget changes to employees ahead of April due to concerns an incoming government will tinker with pensions legislation.

The pensions team for Lancashire County Council has won a contract to administer Merseyside's Firefighters' Pension Schemes from 1 April.

Independent Governance Committees (IGCs) will have only limited powers to improve value for money in contract-based schemes due to legal constraints, it has been warned.

PP looks at structures schemes can use to invest abroad

BP has told its shareholders to back a resolution brought against the company urging it to disclose risks associated with climate change.

The Box Clever Pension Scheme has started an assessment period with the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to decide if it will have to enter the lifeboat fund.

The Lancashire County Pension Fund has unveiled a new management team as a result of corporate restructuring of the county council.

The abolishment of short service refunds (SSRs) will force some defined contribution (DC) schemes to switch to lower-cost investment strategies, consultants have warned.

The European Commission has said that pension schemes should have a further two-year exemption from centrally clearing over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.

The advisory board of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) has announced its 2015 strategy to tackle the scheme's estimated £47bn deficit.