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Mark Hyde Harrison said he wanted to use the opening speech of the conference - his last as chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) - to get the debate going.

Rachel Dalton says providers must put members in charge of investment decisions

Standard Life must pay a scheme member compensation after issuing misleading communications about the risk associated with one of its additional voluntary contribution (AVC) funds.

The AMNT’s Bill Trythall says member representatives are vital to scheme governance

Hymans Roberts expects to have assessed 150,000 client employees by the end of the month as part of its guided outcomes service.

The National Employment Saving Trust (Nest) will herald a shift to a focus on net benefits to members rather than costs, a senior trustee says.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) have published a draft assurance framework to help ensure high standards in master trusts.

A fifth of pension schemes have reported fraud within the past two years but many schemes are failing to address the problem, according to research.

Pensions minister Steve Webb faced questions in Parliament yesterday over the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) stance on scheme charges.

Mercer is to launch a master trust through its workplace savings platform, offering access to Aegon, Friends Life and Zurich schemes.