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Defined contribution (DC) occupational schemes will be forced to disclose to members costs and charges associated with investing their retirement pots, the government has announced.

The PLSA's DB taskforce has released more details about its suggested scheme consolidation route, but questions remain about how it would work in practice. James Phillips reports

The Border to Coast Pensions Partnership (BCPP) between 12 local authority pension funds has appointed Rachel Elwell as its first chief executive.

Consolidating defined benefit (DB) schemes could give members greater security and lead to more affordable benefits, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's (PLSA) taskforce has said.

Steve Webb says as schemes may have to invest in systems to generate regular transfer values, offering valuable partial transfers shouldn't be too burdensome.

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has become the latest asset manager to sign up to the £217bn Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS) code of transparency.

The industry does not believe the government's proposed cold calling ban will impact on providers' confidence to contact members about the importance of savings.

This week's top stories include experts warning that trustees must act now on common and conditional data as the deadline approaches and calls for partial transfers DB transfers to be a right. Here are the top five.

Members should have a limited legal right to partially transfer their defined benefit (DB) scheme, according to a joint report from Royal London and LCP.

Experts have called on the government to clarify the relationship between state pension age increases and the age from when individuals can flexibly access their pension pots.