The employees at Metropolitan Thames Valley have been rolled into a single defined contribution (DC) scheme within the Aviva Master Trust solution.

Red tape is leaving thousands of pension scheme savers invested in low-returning investments, according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

More than 80 major fund management firms will come together to offer a range of investment internships to black graduates.

The Family Building Society’s 250-member defined benefit (DB) scheme has transferred into TPT Retirement Solutions’ master trust, DB Complete.

A number of regulatory and economic factors including a tougher line on scheme funding from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) means interest in the use of contingent strategies will grow, Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) finds.

This week’s top stories included the Littlewoods Pension Scheme’s £930m buy-in with Rothesay life, while The Pension Superfund named its new asset and liability management committee.

The true level of flexibility for defined benefit (DB) schemes that take the ‘bespoke’ option laid out in the proposed DB funding code needs further clarification, the industry has said.

The economic impact of coronavirus is unlikely to overshadow the Work and Pensions Committee’s (WPC) inquiry into the success of pension freedoms, the industry believes.

Over a third of defined benefit (DB) schemes with valuations between September 2017 and September 2018 were in surplus, according to data from The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

More than half of respondents to a Professional Pensions survey would like to see the government launch a small pots taskforce to stop them undermining the success of auto-enrolment (AE).