Industry

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has elected Paul Couchman as its new president, replacing Susan Andrews who will step down later this year.

Cartwright Group has purchased the trust-based pensions arm of Gallagher Benefits Consulting, boosting its offered services.

Pensions Buzz is a weekly survey of the industry. This week trustees and professionals react to the latest delay to GMP equalisation, and question whether the younger generation really is ready to save more.

The majority of respondents were not convinced by research from the National Association of Pension Funds that suggested young people were thinking more about saving for retirement.

The programme for the Pensions and Benefits Show 2013 - which takes place on 12-13 June at ExCel in London - has been published.

Aviva is to cut more than 6% of its global workforce with 2000 roles across the UK, Europe and Asia being made redundant.

Businesses which do not tap into Britain's growing older population could suffer skills shortages and lose an important competitive edge, according to a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) guide.

Jonathan Stapleton explores how the 1980s changed occupational schemes

The consumer prices index (CPI) was unchanged at 2.8% in March, while the retail prices index (RPI) rose slightly to 3.3%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

In the second of her blogs on teaching in Kumasi, Catherine Love Soper shares her experience adapting Core Technical 2 for Ghanaian students.