Hymans Robertson

Global Pensions gathered a panel of experts to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of transition management

Ronnie Bowie has won the Pensions Personality of the Year award.

Hymans Robertson has bolstered its public sector team, hiring Linda Selman as head of public sector investments and reappointing Alison Murray head of policy and technical development.

Schools switching to academy status could face higher pension contribution rates because they will no longer have the same degree of funding security as council run schools.

Only 7% of workplace pension professionals believe employers would set up trust-based schemes to take advantage of short-service refunds, a study shows.

GlaxoSmithKline's £900m buy-in deal last year would not have been possible without transition managers, its director of pensions finance, investments and risk Martin Mannion says.

UK - GlaxoSmithKline's £900m ($1.5bn) buy-in deal last year would not have been possible without transition managers, said Martin Mannion, director of pensions finance, investments and risk.

More than one-third of active defined benefit scheme members could see their benefits reduced if a £155 flat-rate state pension is introduced in 2015.

NEST laid out its default investment strategy last week and it can fairly be described as cautious.

The government has hinted at cutting employer tax relief on asset-backed contributions to defined benefit pension schemes.