Standard Life has announced it is closing its defined benefit scheme - currently used by 55% of its employees - to future accrual from April 2016.

There are now only a few days left to save £100 on a ticket to attend The Future of Pensions Consulting 2014 conference, which will be held in London on 4th November.

Here they are. The shortlists for the inaugural Professional Pensions Investment Awards (PPIA).

What should top your agenda this year?

There are now only a few weeks left to register for the PP Trustee Masterclass 2014, which will be be held in London on 30 September.

There are now only a few weeks left to register for the PP Defined Contribution Conference 2014, which will be be held in London on 17 September.

The Institutional Investor Committee (IIC) - a group of trade associations that represent institutional investors - is to be disbanded following the merger between the Investment Management Association and the Association of British Insurer's investment...

The Investment Management Association will launch a consultation into industry standards for how asset management firms disclose portfolio turnover rates and costs as early as next month, PP can reveal.

LCP research finds employers are looking for different ways to plug deficits

A shift towards collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes is "unlikely" as the trend towards defined contribution (DC) plans continues, LCP says.