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Pension savers need much more support if the freedom and choice reforms are to be a success says a major report.

Ultra Electronics Holdings plans to close its £238m defined benefit (DB) pension scheme to future accrual from 5 April 2016.

John Cridland has been appointed to lead an independent review of the State Pension age.

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has partnered with BNP Paribas Investment Partners to provide expert commentary on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in investment decisions.

Friends Life, now part of the Aviva group, has been appointed corporate pension provider for Rolls-Royce.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has reminded trustees they will be fined if they fail to prepare the new annual governance statements within the statutory deadline.

The Investment Association (IA) has introduced a working group to help establish a new code for disclosing asset management fees and costs.

Total funding levels of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes have improved since January despite volatile markets and low interest rates, according to JLT Employee Benefits.

Interest rate and inflation hedging levels rose during the last quarter of 2015 according to BMO Global Asset Management's Liability Driven Investment (LDI) survey.

Aon Hewitt investment principal Joanna Sharples talks about how the Aon MasterTrust uses Aon's DC investment expertise to deliver a fully packaged investment solution.