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Capita Employee Benefits has appointed Akash Rooprai as head of pensions risk management.

A Scottish court has ruled four schemes were validly amended for Barber equalisation in spite of lack of documentation. Stephanie Baxter asks if it could lead to less pedantic judgements south of the border.

A supermajority of pensions buzz respondents rebuked a suggestion that all defined benefit (DB) schemes should be merged into one.

The aggregate accounting deficit of the FTSE 350's defined benefit (DB) schemes fell by a modest £3bn last month, according to Mercer's latest Pensions Risk Survey.

The top three consultants have put together a package of measures designed to increase transparency and competitiveness in the consultancy and fiduciary management markets. Helen Morrissey gets the industry response

Aon Hewitt, Mercer and Willis Towers Watson have joined forces in calling for measures to tackle transparency and competition issues raised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Tony Pugh has been appointed head of defined contribution (DC) for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Aon Hewitt, ending his 28-year stint at Mercer.

Inflation is on the rise but how can schemes deal with this? Lynn Strongin-Dodds takes a look at the options.

Diversified growth funds have been incredibly popular but in order to survive they must adapt to a time where DC will be their fastest growing client base. Stephanie Baxter looks at what the future holds for DGFs

This week's top stories included British Steel trustees rejecting an "unviable plan" to rescue the scheme, and Baroness Ros Altmann calling on the government to amend section 75 debt regulations.