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Trustees are learning to get bolshy over contracts

Newham Council has proposed creating an asset-backed special purpose vehicle (SPV) to reduce cash contributions to finance its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.

Honeywell International will take on the bulk of Melrose Industries' defined benefit (DB) pension schemes with the £3.3bn acquisition of its Elster business.

A Share Action roundtable hosted by Professional Pensions brought pensions schemes, investors and providers together to talk about how to engage members with responsible investment. Helen Morrissey looks at the challenges and opportunities

Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs is introducing a salary sacrifice car scheme for its UK staff.

Natasha Browne examines how employers can amend their pension provision without ending up in court

Trustees need to set clear investment objectives with their managers to ensure the contract works in their favour, Natasha Browne finds

The insurance industry faces a "severe" concentration of systematic longevity risk through the market for buy-ins, buyouts and longevity swaps, according to professor David Blake.

The Insolvency Service has made a successful application to the High Court to place two trustee firms linked to pensions scams into provisional liquidation

The High Court has put two trustee companies connected with suspected pension liberation schemes into provisional liquidation following applications made by the Insolvency Service.