The Association of British Insurers' compulsory code for annuity providers has been welcomed by the industry and triggered calls for similar requirements for trust-based schemes.

Culture minister Ed Vaizey has stepped into the row over the Wedgwood museum collection which is under threat of being sold off to help plug a £134m pension shortfall.

Mercer has outsourced the payment of benefits to pensioners in 80 countries in a deal with Western Union Business Solutions.

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British Polythene Industries has agreed to top up the contributions to its pensions scheme from an asset-backed funding partnership after its latest triennial valuation.

Standard Life has overhauled its corporate investment range, introducing default options specially tailored for auto-enrolment.

Communisis has set up an asset-backed contribution arrangement with its pension scheme after a raft of measures to cut its deficit were cancelled out by market movements.

MPs have rejected calls to reintroduce the Retail Prices Index for pensions uprating in a debate triggered by an online petition which attracted more than 100,000 signatories.

Scottish Widows and B&CE have teamed up to offer a segmented auto-enrolment proposition for employers with diverse workforces.

Towers Watson has downgraded global ten to 15-year government bonds to "highly unattractive" - warning premiums can no longer compensate pension schemes for taking duration risk.