Gerald Wellesley has been appointed a director at HR Trustees where he will help the firm grow its professional trustee services.

The Work and Pensions Committee has launched a major new inquiry into the welfare and pension entitlements of different generations at retirement.

The Pensions Institute has predicted there will be rapid growth in medically underwritten bulk annuities as schemes turn to ‘top-sliced' deals and traditional insurers get into the market.

State pension reform could cost local authorities and public sector contractors £1bn if the government forces them to pay for inflation protection, according to Mercer.

More than a third (36%) of employers have seen staff enquiring about transferring from a defined benefit (DB) to a defined contribution (DC) pension scheme since April, research finds.

MPs have criticised the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) over its communication of pension reforms and called for urgent changes to the information being sent to people approaching retirement.

The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) has launched a campaign to highlight the dangers of pension scams.

Volumes of buy-ins and buy-outs exceeded £11bn for 2015 according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

Changes to workplace pensions are seen by independent financial advisers (IFAs) as their key growth opportunities for 2016 according to Aviva.

Hymans Robertson has appointed David Walker as head of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) investments and William Marshall as head of LGPS investment clients.