Former Partnership Assurance head of de-risking David Harvey has been appointed sales director in Xafinity's consulting division.
Trustees of the Christopherson (FS) Pension Scheme have agreed a £55m buyout for its members with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).
Xafinity Consulting has appointed former KPMG partner Jeff Hunt as deputy managing director.
HR Trustees has appointed Lyndon Jones as managing director.
The combined pension deficit of UK companies pushed past £500bn last month as asset values fell slightly and liabilities remained stable, according to Xafinity.
Defined benefit scheme deficits stood at £402bn at the end of last year, based on company accounting rules, Xafinity analysis shows.
UK - Pension deficits have dropped to just over £300bn ($464bn) as a fall in the price inflation outlook shaved £50bn off scheme liabilities in a month, according to Xafinity.
The Pension Protection Fund has appointed a further four actuarial firms in a major extension of its ‘assess and pay' project to speed up scheme entry into the lifeboat fund.
UK - Pension scheme liabilities ‘held fast' at £1.4trn ($2.2trn) last month as market conditions remained relatively calm, figures from Xafinity Corporate Solutions show.