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The top stories this week were the pensions regulator warning about new master trusts and revealing a big board shake-up, while the LGPS pooling picture became clearer.

The Common Declarations Working Group has devised an agreed set of words to remove the need for paper-based forms to make pension transfers.

Defined contribution (DC) schemes have reduced in number by 40% according to figures from The Pensions Regulator.

Andy Seed has been appointed corporate distribution manager for strategic partnerships at Zurich Corporate Savings.

Statistics from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have revealed 188,000 people have accessed around £3.5bn since freedom and choice came into effect last April but figures tailed off at the end of 2015.

Royal Mail Pension Plan is the first scheme to have its in-house administration team gain reaccreditation from the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA).

The motto of Nationwide Building Society is "on your side". It is an attitude which led to Nationwide Pension Fund (NPF) winning best administration of the year in the Pension Scheme of the Year Awards 2015. The numbers speak for themselves.

Pension fund boards and executive committees across Europe have shown the strongest female representation in the capital markets sector, according to a report by New Financial.

Adrian Gordon has been made head of institutional at HSBC Global Asset Management UK, replacing Stuart White who has been promoted.

Violent swings in markets discourage ordinary savers in defined contribution schemes according to PP research