The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) has shown support for Amazon's shareholder resolutions, advising its members vote for 11 of 12 shareholder proposals.

Scheme members are not equipped to deal with the tax implications of accessing their pension, last week's Pensions Buzz respondents said.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced it is delaying the provision of data that will enable pension schemes to confirm the guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) benefits to pay to members until the end of the year.

The DWP has led a tailored review of The Pensions Regulator (TPR) following calls for it to become a more active regulator in the industry.

The John Lewis Partnership has announced plans to close the defined benefit (DB) section of its combined pension scheme.

XPS Pensions has combined its transfer value index and its transfer activity index to create a transfer watch service to understand the trends and behaviours of members accessing the pension freedoms.

Trustees fear their members are not equipped to deal with the risks they face when accessing their pension and worry those nearing retirement will face predatory attention from scammers, research by Wealth at Work reveals.

Aon has revealed defined benefit (DB) schemes are offering more support to members in their decision making at retirement, with one in five schemes now including personalised transfer value figures in retirement packs and making online tools available....

The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has received support for its proposed 'model scheme' to simplify defined benefit (DB) benefits alongside the conversion of guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs).

The Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) has announced its training programme has been accredited and it will now be able to issue Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certificates.