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Aon Employee Benefits has launched an online retirement platform, Bigblue Touch 4life, to give scheme members access to freedom and choice.

Better comms could ensure the £20bn spent on DB each year isn’t wasted

Aon Employee Benefits has boosted its defined contribution (DC) team with the appointments of James Monk as a senior investment consultant and Gisele de Werra as an investment consultant.

Tesco will provide staff with concessions after plans to close its final salary defined benefit (DB) pension scheme triggered a flood of complaints from employees and unions, according to reports.

Almost two thirds of companies have not changed their defined contribution (DC) default investment strategies to take account of the pension flexibilities, according to two surveys.

Buck Consultants has introduced a service to help defined contribution (DC) trustees assess whether their schemes provide value for money for members.

What China's slowdown means for UK schemes

The FTSE 100 index has plummeted 14% from its peak of almost 7,000 in February to 5,996 as fears over Chinese stocks took hold.

Many employers are failing to help workers make retirement decisions, with three in ten not knowing where employees were getting information on the April pension reforms, according to research.

Sackers has promoted Joanna Smith and Naomi Brown to associate director and Emma Martin to senior associate.