Legal & General has appointed Chris DeMarco and Costas Yiasoumi to senior positions in its pension risk transfer team.

Alex Cunningham, the shadow pensions minister, speaks to James Phillips about his new brief, auto-enrolment, and DB deficits

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This week's top stories included British Steel trustees rejecting an "unviable plan" to rescue the scheme, and Baroness Ros Altmann calling on the government to amend section 75 debt regulations.

The Association of British Insurers' (ABI) pension and investment transfers group has unanimously voted for Tom McPhail to take over as chairman.

The collective defined benefit (DB) deficit could be slashed by £25bn if schemes used more accurate longevity assumptions, according to Club Vita.

TPT Retirement Solutions has revealed its updated senior boards as part of a bid to improve its defined benefit (DB) consolidation services.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has appealed to pension funds to tackle high executive pay in FTSE 350 companies.

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP) has announced Tony Poulter will take over from Joanne Segars as chairperson.

Punter Southall has promoted Guy Plater, Martin Hunter and Mark Poyner to principal after demand for its actuarial and investment consulting grew.