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Train manufacturer Bombardier Transportation UK has selected Mercer to provide actuarial services to the trustees of its seven defined benefit schemes.

February's continued boost in equities has seen FTSE350 scheme deficits decrease according to Mercer despite continued negative deficit reports coming from 2012 final year results.

The latest set of financial results from FTSE companies has re-ignited the debate over smoothing discount rates as strong asset returns were wiped out due to falls in discount rates.

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Scheme deficits increased significantly in January according to the latest funding survey, compounding mixed messages on the state of defined benefit funds during a month of stock market gains.

Employers who have reached their staging date or are preparing to go live in the coming months may be hit by the proposed simplification of auto-enrolment rules, industry figures have warned.

The aggregate deficit of UK private sector schemes has decreased by £33.5bn over January, research from the Pension Protection Fund shows.

Mercer's former UK chief executive Alan Whalley has been appointed chairman of Wealth at Work it has been announced.

Almost two-thirds of senior sponsor employees who are trustee-facing have no reporting line into the chair of trustees, Mercer research says.

Deficits at the UK's biggest schemes rose more than 20% in January despite big gains on the stock market, according to research from Mercer.