Legal & General (L&G) has recorded a bumper first half of the year for de-risking deals as its business in this area more than doubled from the same period in 2016.

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has named Jacqueline Lommen as a senior defined contribution (DC) pensions strategist for northern Europe.

The aggregate balance of the UK's defined benefit (DB) schemes improved by £6.2bn over July, according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 Index.

Occupational schemes and their administrators are lagging behind in their involvement in an industry-wide discussion on slashing transfer delays, Tom McPhail has said.

The government will introduce a new bill to implement the European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into British law, it has announced.

The accounting deficit of FTSE 350 defined benefit (DB) schemes fell by £9bn over July on the back of lower long-term inflation expectations, according to Mercer's latest index.

The landmark Court of Appeal judgment which allowed IBM to impose a cap on increases in pensionable pay will not be appealed to the Supreme Court, according to a members' forum.

Interest rates may increase faster in the future than financial markets have priced in, the Bank of England's (BoE) deputy governor has said.

The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) has backed the Halcrow Pension Scheme (HPS) trustees after they reduced the level of indexation for transferred-in benefits when members were transferred to another scheme.

This week's top stories included reports that chancellor Philip Hammond is considering cutting higher-rate tax relief in the Autumn Budget, while the Court of Appeal ruled IBM had the right to impose a cap on increases in pensionable pay.