Yesterday's statement was nothing compared to the shock announcement in the Budget, but there was still plenty for the pension industry to chew on. Here are the main talking points.

BESTrustees has appointed Mercer's Rachel Brougham as a trustee executive to meet increasing demand from master trusts and insurers setting up independent governance committees (IGCs).

Ikea has topped up long-serving employees' pension pots by more than £1,000 each as part of a €200m (£157m) bonus scheme.

The Treasury will net an additional £1.15bn in taxes as a result of defined benefit (DB) members transferring to take advantage of incoming defined contribution (DC) freedoms.

Increases in employer contributions to public sector schemes will net central government £335m a year, rising to £390m by 2020, according HM Treasury.

A settlement has been reached at Jaguar Land Rover after its workforce threatened industrial action as a proposed pay offer did not meet employees' expectations.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has published its 40th annual member survey, charting four decades of change in workplace schemes.

PP looks at the complex set of deals that allowed TRW Automotive to shed more than £2.6bn in liabilities

A judge has rejected attempts by former shareholders of Desmond & Sons to withhold documents from proceedings to enforce contribution notices (CNs) issued by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

The High Court has ruled the £74m Section 75 debt of the Kaupthing Pensions Scheme can be sold, paving the way for the wind up of the scheme to be completed.