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The relationship between consultants and trustees must become more candid and challenging if real improvements are to be made, according to Redington director of strategy Paul Richards.

Richard Butcher says we should accept that pensions are complex while looking to improve them where possible.

Defined benefit (DB) transfer values reached their highest level since early November 2016 due to a fall in gilt yields and more bearish inflation expectations.

The recent Brewster case threw a spotlight on the issue of death benefits for cohabiting couples.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) is embarking on a campaign to improve the diversity of trustee boards in a climate of "division and disharmony".

Schemes can improve their governance by putting more member-nominated trustees (MNTs) on their board, according to the Association of Member-Nominated Trustees.

Trustees are being urged to use quarterly meetings to set their administration priorities and scrutinise providers.

With DB transfer activity at very high levels amid fraud concerns, Michael Klimes asks if partial transfers can offer more security for members

There is much discussion on how consolidation will bring real benefits to schemes but Hilary Salt is not so sure.

The UK's 350 largest companies ended January with an aggregate defined benefit (DB) deficit of £108bn on an IAS 19 basis, according to JLT Employee Benefits.