UK - The combined deficit of the top 100 UK firms' defined benefit schemes has shrunk by £8bn ($12.6bn) over the last year, Pension Capital Strategies says.

A group of top BBC journalists - including Jeremy Paxman and Huw Edwards - have written to the National Union of Journalists warning against planned strikes during the Tory party conference.

The combined deficit of the top 100 UK firms' defined benefit schemes has shrunk by £8bn over the last year, Pension Capital Strategies says.

Trustees see scheme deficit recovery plans as their biggest challenge, ahead of investment strategy and longevity risk, a Baker Tilly survey finds.

Timber merchant Arnold Laver has addressed its £43m pension scheme liabilities by undertaking a buyout with Pension Insurance Corporation.

Defined contribution pension communications would be more efficient if implemented to more than 50,000 members at a time, according to a research paper.

Sebastian Cheek asks industry experts about the increasing popularity of multi-asset solutions

UK - Two overseas firms have teamed up to challenge the powers of the UK's pension regulator to require they provide financial support to their UK pension funds.

Nortel Networks and Lehman Brothers have joined forces to challenge The Pensions Regulator's ability to issue them with a financial support direction.

Aviva is launching a free smartphone application to make pensions planning simpler and more accessible.