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Some £5.4bn was put into defined contribution (DC) pension schemes last year - an increase of 21% year on year, according to The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has confirmed it started discussing the future viability of construction giant Carillion with its defined benefit (DB) trustees last July, just after the first profit warning.

The National Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Frameworks has launched a new framework to procure transition management and implementation services.

Eileen Haughey will be stepping down as chief executive officer (CEO) of the BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) once its 2017 actuarial valuation has been finalized.

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) and the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (BEISC) will hold two sessions to probe why Carillion went into liquidation.

In this week's Pensions Buzz, we want to know if company bosses should be made to repay bonuses if they are found to have deliberately or recklessly underfunded their defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.

Xafinity Punter Southall has appointed Wayne Segers as head of Punter Southall Transaction Services ('PSTS').

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Four scammers have been told to pay back £13.7m after luring 245 pension savers to transfer funds to 11 bogus schemes.

The government and the industry "need to work in partnership" to enable savers to take control of their future, pensions and financial inclusion minister Guy Opperman has said.