The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has urged defined contribution (DC) trustees to ensure they are on track to meet charge capping and governance requirements introduced in April.

Merrick Cockell has been appointed as acting chairman of the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA), after Edi Truell stepped down from the role.

The vast majority of people in the industry believe the tax treatment of pensions is an effective incentive for people to save for retirement, according to research.

The government's green paper on tax relief has been welcomed by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

Emma Hunt has been appointed director of strategic client management and business development at Hermes Equity Ownership Services (Hermes EOS).

The £900bn deficit in UK defined benefit (DB) schemes would require more than a year's salary from every person in the UK to fix, according to Hymans Robertson.

Peter Walker has been appointed board adviser to autoenrolment.co.uk, formerly Smart Pension Master Trust, to help the firm comply with the Master Trust Assurance Framework (MAF).

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Kirsty James and Andrew Worthington have been made associates at Sackers, taking the firm's total number of lawyers to 51.

Deficits in defined benefit (DB) schemes were pushed up by falling gilt yields in July, according to official figures.