UTV - the Ulster-based subsidiary of ITV - is planning to close its pension scheme to future accrual in a move it says is necessary to be fair to all employees.

Collective defined contribution (CDC) savers should be allowed to access pension freedoms when the scheme is rolled out, last week's Pensions Buzz respondents said.

The vast majority of JLT Employee Benefits' clients have moved to the new equalised basis since the consultancy enabled pension schemes to calculate transfer values to allow for guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) equalisation.

This week's top stories were the DWP giving the green light to CDC and TPR granting extensions for 11 master trust authorisation applications.

Susan Martin says building strong foundations for business are the only way forward as the pensions industry is radically shaken up

Self-administered pension funds spent £15bn on payments to pensioners in Q4 2018, but received just £12bn in contributions (net of refunds), Office for National Statistics (ONS) data reveals.

BNY Mellon has launched a range of reporting tools to help institutional investor clients track and evaluate portfolio investments based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

The £16bn local pension fund has launched a sustainable equity framework, which is available to all schemes in the LGPS Central pool.

Kerrin Rosenberg says DB schemes can't afford to suffer lousy returns over the short term and make it all back in 10 to 15 years' time, because many of the assets will be gone.

Accreditation will reduce the number of sole-trader professional trustees, this week's Pensions Buzz respondents say.