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Aon has strengthened its defined contribution (DC) product team with two senior hires.

Scottish Widows has invested a further £30m in a major workplace savings programme to improve products and services for its corporate pension clients.

Catherine Howarth says schemes need to explore different avenues to help members take ownership of retirement saving.

John St. Hill has been made deputy chief investment officer (CIO) in a newly created role at the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

Planned regulations for master trusts may now include a requirement for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to introduce a "funder of last resort".

Now Pensions has appointed Neil Buckley as chief operating officer and Capita's Neil Brady as operations director in its Nottingham office.

Capital adequacy for master trusts should be set at a minimum of £2m to ensure a robust and innovative market according to Now Pensions.

As the Pension Schemes Bill contains measures to beef up master trust regulation Helen Morrissey asks how the industry can support this market.

This week, we want to know if the Pension Schemes Bill adequately addresses weaknesses in the master trust market and what the biggest obstacle to setting up the pension dashboard is.

The long awaited Pension Schemes Bill to boost master trust regulation has been published. Michael Klimes looks at what it means for providers and the regulator