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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) needs to be “strong, decisive and influential”, its chief executive Lesley Titcomb has said.

A pensioner who was overpaid by his scheme must repay the excess benefits from six years prior to a complaint to The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO), the High Court has ruled.

Cardano Group has acquired covenant specialist Lincoln Pensions in a deal that will enable the firms to provide integrated risk services to pension schemes and sponsors.

The biggest stories were MPs being told a rescue plan for Bernard Matthews appeared to dump the DB scheme, and why 'salami slicing' pensions tax relief could cost the government billions.

The MP for Stockton North, Alex Cunningham, has been appointed as shadow pensions minister.

The Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has named Jon Aisbitt as chairman following the retirement of Sir Mark Weinberg.

Plastic manufacturer Carclo has confirmed it has not paid its final dividend of the year due to its worsening pension deficit, after issuing a warning in August.

The government's independent state pension age reviewer John Cridland has said he will explore whether it is possible to "smooth the transition" between the working age and retirement in his interim report.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has named Nigel Peaple as its new director for defined contribution (DC), lifetime savings and research.

Auto-enrolled employees will be putting aside £8bn of savings for retirement by the 2019/20 financial year, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).