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The government will not come to a firm answer on the question of small pension pot consolidation despite an industry-wide consultation on the issue initiated by pensions minister Steve Webb.

The Pensions Management Institute and Mercer will offer a joint service providing information and support around discontinuing schemes.

The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals has launched a qualification to provide a stepping stone to its foundation degree in pensions administration.

The Pensions Regulator has published research on scheme record-keeping. Here are the key findings in full.

More than half of schemes are failing to meet targets on common data despite the December deadline for achieving the benchmark, in-depth research by The Pensions Regulator reveals.

The National Employment Savings Trust has unveiled its eight golden rules of communication which will guide its conversations with members.

The National Association of Pension Funds has launched a public consultation on the scope of its "pounds and pence" charging code of conduct, proposing adherents produce a two-page disclosure document for members.

Schemes' awareness of in-coming record keeping requirements has increased from 74% to 88% over the past year, The Pensions Regulator says.

More than one in five small trust-based defined benefit schemes do not hold annual board meetings, according to research from The Pensions Regulator.

The Bayer Group Pension Plan has moved to paperless trustee board meetings in a switch it says will cut its annual paper usage by 45,000 pages.