Ford has offered to top up the pensions of former Visteon workers in a bid to end a long-running dispute which had been due to reach the High Court later this year.

LexisNexis has acquired tracing, data-cleansing and fraud prevention firm Tracesmart.

Barclays Corporate and Employer Solutions (C&ES) has launched an auto-enrolment service to support small and medium-sized businesses.

ITV has used its London Television Centre property to set up a 25-year partnership to fund its defined benefit (DB) scheme.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is establishing a pension scheme for fee-paid judges to address the discriminatory remuneration treatment of part-time judges.

PP research reveals that the majority of the industry does not trust any party on pensions and believes the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)is "stalling" on reform.

Just over a third of respondents think the number of member-nominated trustees (MNTs) on boards is shrinking as an increasing number of schemes close.

The Conservatives are the most trusted party when it comes to pensions, with almost three out of ten Buzz respondents saying they had faith in the Tories.

Two thirds of respondents said it was likely or very likely that significant numbers of defined contribution savers would cut contributions if tax relief was curbed.

More than six out of ten contributors said the number of probes launched by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) into auto-enrolment non-compliance was confirmation that regulations were too complex.