The Pensions Regulator will give trustees a "clear steer" on acceptable approaches to funding and recovery plans in the spring, Bill Galvin confirms.

The Pensions Regulator's former chairman David Norgrove has launched an insurance company that aims to cut the cost of buyouts by encouraging sponsors to take an equity investment in the initiative.

Steve Webb has outlined two "big bang" solutions to the issue of small pot consolidation.

Mercer has called on The Pensions Regulator to clarify trustees' role in an economic environment where low gilt yields are distorting funding levels.

Consultants have raised questions about pension liability calculations, after bond market jitters drove liabilities to historic highs.

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council Pension Fund has become the first UK pension scheme to invest in the AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund.

Accounting standards were a "root cause" of the financial crisis and should be subject to a comprehensive review, according to the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum.

Regulation is pushing trustees into bad investment decisions and causing confrontations with employers, delegates heard.

NEST Corporation chief executive Tim Jones has admitted he does not like the restrictions placed on the National Employment Savings Trust by the government.

Early access could be the key to "reinvigorating pensions", according to Aon Hewitt principal Keith Barton.