The Universities and College Union (UCU) has accused Universities UK (UUK) of failing to come clean over the true impact of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension proposals.

The Pensions Dashboard Programme (PDP) has launched a call for input, offering schemes an opportunity to influence the order and timing of the staged connection to the pensions dashboard.

A quarter of savers are more likely to increase their pension contributions if they had a better understanding of the pensions tax relief system, according to research by Royal London.

The pensions industry is “optimistic” about GMP equalisation with many schemes expecting to be paying pensions on an equalised basis by the end of 2022, according to research by Sackers.

British businesses have ploughed £200bn into defined benefit (DB) pension contributions over 15 years to avoid a drop in pension funding levels, according to a report from Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

Schemes must understand how they shape up and develop a strategy for recovery as it becomes “apparent that 2021 will continue to be a challenge for pension schemes”, Aon says.

Legal & General (L&G) has completed a £55m full scheme buy-in with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) Pension Scheme.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published its three-year corporate plan outlining how it will protect savers as the UK recovers from the pandemic.

The ViaNova Working Group has launched an initiative to automate pension transfers in partnership with TISA Exchange.

Professional Pensions rounds up some of the latest tender awards from across the industry.