The Wales Pension Partnership (WPP) has appointed Robeco to run its voting and engagement services following a comprehensive procurement process.

The economic crisis provoked by Covid-19 led to a 5.1 percentage point fall in the average defined benefit (DB) funding position in the first three months of 2020, according to Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).

Northern LGPS has opened a procurement framework for property investment managers, mirroring existing collaboration agreements with local authority funds.

Chris Martin speaks to James Phillips about Independent Trustee Services’ plans since its management buyout and his experience working with stressed and distressed schemes.

Deloitte has launched a consultation with employees in plans to slash employer pension contributions by nearly two-thirds for 12 months.

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has hired three people to its investment team and two to its research team following a series of new fund launches.

The government has been urged to extend the scheme pays deadline for NHS Pension Scheme members in light of the Covid-19 crisis.

Mel Charles has been appointed as director of automatic enrolment (AE) at The Pensions Regulator (TPR), following Darren Ryder’s departure earlier this year.

The proportion of defined benefit (DB) schemes closed to future accrual has increased by 18 percentage points over the last five years, according to Barnett Waddingham.

After a bumper year, insurers are now facing a slower and smaller pipeline as schemes grapple with Covid-19, writes James Phillips.