The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) search for a new chief executive to take up the role vacated by Bill Galvin last June continues, a spokeswoman has confirmed.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has appointed Mark Boyle as chairman from 1 April for a four-year term, replacing Michael O'Higgins, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

The Bank of England (BOE) has announced the appointment of Ben Broadbent as deputy governor for monetary policy, responsible for chairing meetings of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in the governor's absence.

Towers Watson has appointed Jo Kite to the newly-created role of head of pensions and benefits in its Scottish division.

Low cost supermarket Morrisons' net pension liabilities almost halved from £20m to £11m over the 12 months to February 2014.

Mercer has appointed partner Alan Baker as UK head of defined benefit (DB) risk, replacing Ali Tayyebi who will concentrate on client work.

Trinity Mirror's pension liabilities rose by £12.5m last year as a result of a fall in the real discount rate from 1.7% to 1.05%, its annual statement showed.

Buck Consultants has teamed up with four of the biggest pension providers to target small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) with a one-stop auto-enrolment (AE) solution.

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Blackrock has named Simon Pardoe as head of proposition to its defined contribution (DC) team in a bid to develop bundled and investment-only workplace services.