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Niel Gavin has been hired as regional development manager for the south west by The Pensions Trust as part of its strategy to win business in the defined benefit (DB) market.

The introduction of the state pension from April 2016 will be scrutinised through an inquiry by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) select committee.

Chancellor George Osborne has said he will wait until next spring to reveal the government's view on reforming pension tax relief.

Hymans Robertson has been awarded a gold standard in administration from the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA).

Mercer has made the single "biggest tranche" of appointments to its UK defined contribution (DC) and savings team in two years with 16 external hires.

Premier has adopted the web based platform PFaroe designed by RiskFirst to allow trustees and sponsors to get real time data on their schemes.

Matt Gibson has been made head of research in a newly created role at LCP Investment Consulting where he will be responsible for manager research.

Patrick Cunningham has been made a senior client director by Cardano in the consultant's fifth senior appointment of the year.

The number of schemes appealing their Pension Protection Fund (PPF) levies has dropped 70% since the lifeboat fund switching rating agencies earlier this year.