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A number of asset managers are to vote against the re-election of Sports Direct board members, including its chairman Keith Hellawell, at its annual general meeting (AGM) on 6 September.

HSBC Global Asset Management has hired Standard Life's Simon Davies as a sales director for UK pensions.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has said more must be done to develop default pathways so defined contribution (DC) savers have enough to live on in retirement.

Sir Philip Green has reportedly threatened Frank Field MP with legal action over allegations made in an interview with Talk Radio last week.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is consulting to resolve an "anomaly" where recipients of bridging pensions who enter the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) receive a higher rate of compensation for the rest of their life.

The collective deficit of defined benefit (DB) schemes increased by £40bn to £460bn over August after falls in long-term rates, according to PwC's Skyval index.

PP can reveal Adrian Boulding will step down as policy strategy director at the Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) at the end of November.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has called on widows and widowers in same-sex marriages or civil partnerships to check whether they are receiving their full survivor entitlement from the lifeboat fund.

RPMI Railpen, which manages the £25bn Railways Pension Scheme, has adopted a performance attribution solution to help it monitor and improve its investment process.

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.