Barnett Waddingham

The Staff Superannuation Fund of Palmer and Harvey has appointed Barnett Waddingham to act as its actuaries, administrators and consultants.

The PP Pensions Commission was charged with formulating a range of simple, low-cost policies the new government could look to implement as soon as it came to power in a bid to improve pensions provision.

Auto-enrolment and the Nat­ional Employment Savings Trust must be simplified if either is to be a success, industry experts say.

UK/ITALY - The Alitalia Italian Airlines Pension and Assurance Scheme has entered into a pension insurance buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation with a deficit of more than £22m (US$33.7m).

Barnett Waddingham has promoted Steve Hitchiner and Julia Bassett to partner.

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: What legislation for DC pensions would you like to see the new coalition government introduce/remove? 

Industry figures are rushing to lobby the government on crucial pensions issues ahead of tomorrow's emergency Budget.

The Pensions Regulator has issued guidance for trustees on assessing, monitoring and taking action on issues relating to their employer covenant.

Trustees of the Renishaw Pension Fund have appointed Barnett Waddingham to administer its defined benefit corporate pension scheme.

Even more industry figures have backed the call for the new coalition government to form a steering group to set out the terms for a permanent pensions commission.