The Society of Pension Consultants has backed proposals from the Financial Services Authority to revise assumptions used in transfer value analysis.

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British Midland Airways' pension scheme is poised to entered into Pension Protection Fund assessment after the parent company Lufthansa agreed to sell the struggling airline to International Airlines Group.

LCP has appointed Metlife director of business development Emma Watkins as principal in its pension buy-out practice.

The industry speaks with a rare degree of unanimity on GMP equalisation: it is unnecessary and, if carried out in the way preferred by the Department for Work and Pensions, extremely expensive.

Actuarial firms are in danger of being swept up in a government attempt to clean up the lobbying industry, the Association of Consulting Actuaries warns.

Tesco's pensions deficit has risen 40% in the past year to £1.87bn driven by lower than expected bond yields and asset returns.

Employers that see auto-enrolment as an opportunity to level down pension provision should be prepared for a surge in applications to join their existing schemes, a lawyer warns.

A code of practice on enhanced transfer value exercises due to be launched this summer will protect companies if employees complain to the Ombudsman following an exercise, says one of its authors.

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