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BNP Paribas Securities Services has hired Sid Newby as head of pension fund sales in a move aimed at winning more asset owner business.

Barnett Waddingham’s Malcolm McLean urges the government to bring forward DA legislation

Jack Jones talks to the Pension Protection Fund’s new head of insolvency and restructuring Malcolm Weir about the lifeboat scheme’s new approach

Scheme assets hit an all-time high in 2013, increasing 13% over the last year to £2tn and making the UK the world's second largest pensions market, according to Towers Watson.

Trinity Mirror injected an extra £9m into its pension scheme in December following stronger than expected cash flows in 2013, updated figures show.

The combined pensions deficit of the UK's biggest companies has remained broadly unchanged over the last 12 months according to figures from JLT Employee Benefits (JLT EB).

Two thirds of employers do not have any processes in place to measure the effectiveness of their benefit spend.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has amended its value added tax (VAT) rules to allow defined benefit (DB) sponsors to reclaim input tax in some circumstances.

Mitie Group is consulting with members of its main defined benefit (DB) scheme over a proposed change to their future pension entitlement.

Lloyds Trade Union (LTU) members have voted in favour of a ballot on industrial action should Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) freeze pensionable pay increases.