Half the firms in the FTSE100 will have transferred risk from their pension scheme to an insurer by 2017, according to analysis from Hymans Robertson.

The Pensions Regulator is preparing to issue a contribution notice against HIG Europe over its acquisition of Silentnight through a pre-pack administration, according to reports.

Many employers whose schemes had triennial valuations last year were able to maintain or increase existing deficit recovery contributions, says The Pensions Regulator.

The Pensions Regulator has urged trustees to be more flexible when agreeing deficit recovery plans in its annual funding statement.

UK corporate pension deficits rose 14% in April as an expected improvement in bond yields failed to materialise, says Xafinity.

Jack Jones looks at the details of the ground-breaking deal to revive Kodak and keep its scheme out of the Pension Protection Fund

Taxing surpluses was the measure introduced in the 1980s that most respondents wished had never happened.

Just over half of respondents were concerned there was insufficient competition in the bulk annuity market, while 37% said the dominance of a handful of big players was not worrying.

The question of whether pensioners should be taxed more heavily than they are at present split Buzz respondents fairly evenly.

Buzz respondents did not have much time for the suggestion that Scotland should have a different state retirement age to the rest of the country.