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National Association of Pension Funds chairman Mark Hyde Harrison has stepped down from his position as chief executive of the Barclays UK retirement fund.

Executive pensions are "corrosive" to the UK economy and reflect a "deep malaise" at the top of British society, a landmark report says.

Excessive trading is adding more than £3bn a year of hidden charges for UK schemes, according to research.

The Bank of England yesterday signalled it was ready to pursue more quantitative easing after plunging inflation forecasts, raising further spiralling deficit concerns for schemes.

There is little evidence emp­loyers are levelling down the quality of schemes, according to research by the National Association of Pension Funds.

Andrew Short looks at the number of threats to the cashflows of the Local Government Pension Scheme

Merseyside Pension Fund is set to widen the collateral permitted for use in its securities lending programme in a bid to boost its revenue by 20%.

The Association of British Insurers and National Association of Pension Funds have published updated guidance for trustees considering buy-ins or buyouts.

Mercer has launched a service to help trustees and other institutional investors meet their stewardship requirements.

As a founder trustee of the Maxwell Pensioners Trust, Jane Newell played a key role gaining settlements for 32,000 scheme members. Here are her personal recollections of the Maxwell years