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The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) is to invest in emerging market (EM) debt for the first time through a mandate awarded to Amundi Asset Management.

Nearly a quarter of companies have still not reviewed their pension schemes' investment strategy in light of the April freedoms according to Willis Towers Watson's DC master trust, LifeSight.

KPMG has beefed up its defined contribution (DC) practice with the appointment of eight full-time DC specialists in senior management positions.

Members are finding it more difficult than expected to make retirement decisions according to research commissioned by the People's Pension and State Street Global Advisors (SSGA)

Nearly half of employers do not have a strategy in place to deal with an ageing workforce according to research from Hargreaves Lansdown.

Scottish Widows has announced it will remove all exit fees across its workplace pensions.

Friends Life, now part of the Aviva group, has been appointed corporate pension provider for Rolls-Royce.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has reminded trustees they will be fined if they fail to prepare the new annual governance statements within the statutory deadline.

The average pot size of members contacting The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) for guidance since freedom and choice came into force is between £45,000 and £48,000.

Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF) will close its defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual and instead introduce a 30% defined contribution (DC) rate for members.