The Association of Member-Nominated Trustees (AMNT) is set to launch its revamped website in May.

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has appointed LCP partner Fiona Morrison as president-elect after years of volunteering for the organisation.

Grant Thornton's audit quality director Josephine Jackson is set to join the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) as technical adviser to the director of audit policy Marek Grabowski.

The aggregate deficit of schemes in the PPF 7800 index dropped by an estimated £140.8bn last year, according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) March 2014 update.

Profund is launching an automated end-to-end administration system designed to streamline pension payroll processes for defined benefit (DB), defined contribution (DC), career average revalued earnings (CARE), and hybrid schemes.

The BP Pension Scheme has purchased a Worcester-based Sainsbury's supermarket store from M&G Investments in a deal worth £27.25m.

Local government pension scheme (LGPS) members have been banned from taking their entire tax-free lump sum from a pot built up through additional voluntary contributions (AVCs).

KPMG Investment Advisory has appointed Anthony Webb as an executive investment consultant and head of fiduciary management research.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has appointed former Towers Watson consultant Alistair Byrne as a senior defined contribution (DC) investment strategist.

Towers Watson UK and Ireland head of pensions consulting John Ball will replace Mark Stewart as head of retirement solutions for Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA) in June.