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Former Buck Consultants' senior corporate actuary Colin Richardson has joined PTL as a client director within its growing Leeds office.

PwC has added two partners, Julia Dickson and Gavin Stoner, to its employer covenant assessment team, taking its number of staff to 50.

HM Revenue and Customs has announced measures to help defined benefit (DB) schemes handle the administration associated with the abolition of contracting out.

The John Lewis Partnership defined benefit (DB) scheme's total accounting deficit hit £1bn in January 2014, its latest results show.

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has appointed the London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) to provide third-party administration and payroll services.

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are more satisfied with their investment consultants (83%) than defined contribution (DC) plans (79%), according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Aerion Fund Management, the in-house fund manager for the National Grid UK pension scheme, has appointed Berenberg to manage a £3.5bn active currency overlay mandate.

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are more satisfied with their investment consultants (83%) than defined contribution (DC) plans (79%), according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Virgin Media has announced former Britvic Soft Drinks group pensions and benefits manager David Roberts joined as head of pensions and benefits yesterday.

Premier Foods will reduce cash payments to its pension schemes by £161m over the next six years as part of a capital restructuring programme, it confirmed today.