This week we want to know if the Pension Ombudsman's decision to participate in more appeals against its decisions will lead to better judgements for members.

Contrary to common belief, getting fund managers to take account of ESG factors is not necessarily out of bounds for smaller schemes. Michael Klimes finds out how trustees can do it.

A tender has been opened to find passive fund managers for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) at affordable levels.

Automatic enrolment (AE) must succeed for the general public as it is now "the only game in town" according to Malcolm McLean.

Bfinance has been appointed to provide investment advice for ten south west Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds which make up the Brunel Pension Partnership (BPP).

The majority of respondents in this week's Pensions Buzz agree with Neil Woodford's investment firm that de-risking has worsened scheme deficits.

The pensions minister has confirmed the government hopes "to make an announcement shortly" on implementing changes to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) compensation cap, after several delays.

The Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has warned a system allowing all people within a certain age range to access the state pension flexibly would be unworkable.

Nas Islam has been appointed head of investment risk at M&G Investments, after leaving Henderson Global Investors.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has further delayed the implementation of rules on value-added tax (VAT) reclaims for defined benefit (DB) schemes until December 2017.