Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has appointed University of Warwick Pension Fund's chairman of trustees Professor Stuart Palmer to its trustee board.

The funding level of the 5,945 schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 index improved slightly to 81% by the end of March.

The government is being urged to legislate to tackle the rising problem of scams. PP looks at what can be done.

The UK watchdog has discovered problems with how some asset managers market their funds after finding several actively managed products that in reality closely track benchmarks.

Savings made across the board

The number of pension pots accessed to take advantage of the April freedoms fell in the final quarter of 2015 according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Discussions are progressing on creating a UK infrastructure investment platform to sit alongside the main LGPS pools.

Industry veteran Neil Woodford has become one of the first fund managers to stop charging clients for research, paving the way for further changes around fee transparency in the asset management industry.

NOW:Pensions has revealed a growing proportion of firms are failing to meet their deadlines for auto-enrolment (AE).

The trustee of the Home Retail Group's pension scheme has agreed its future funding with Sainsbury's which is set to acquire the business from Argos.