Bluefin

Small schemes should be wary of investing in actively managed emerging market funds and stick to accessing the field through passive means, Bluefin Corporate Consulting warns.

ABN AMRO UK Branch has appointed Bluefin to manage and administer its flexible benefits scheme and has boosted take up to 91% of staff.

Employers taking on business transfers could be on the hook for unexpected life assurance benefits, thanks to a quirk in Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations.

Bluefin has launched a proposition aimed a small to medium-sized defined benefit schemes to help trustees eliminate unrewarded risk.

Joining PP editor Jonathan Stapleton were Ferrier Pearce managing director Jon Pearce, RPMI head of communications Jonathan Clark and Bluefin head of technical, marketing and research Robin Hames

Battle lines are being drawn over the open market option as ministers are set to decide on reform this autumn.

Here they are - the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2011

Pushing ahead with early access proposals would have risked greater dependency on the state pension and left schemes and providers in a "bureaucratic tangle", the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Actuary and consultant HamishWilson has strengthened its team with three hires.

Defined benefit schemes should transfer into the information disclosure regime to make members more aware of their options at retirement, consultants say.