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The Pensions Trust has launched an online service which allows members to ask their trustees questions, in a bid to improve member engagement.

Total payouts in the first year of pension freedom reached £8.2bn, according to data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Workplace pensions, childcare and cycle to work schemes have been left out of plans to reform salary sacrifice, according to a recently published HMRC consultation.

Sackers has promoted five lawyers in a shake-up of its defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) pensions team.

The Insolvency Service has revealed it closed down five pension liberation firms in its last financial year from April 2015 to March 2016.

Helena Morrissey, chief executive of Newton Investment Management, has stepped down from the position for a new role as non-executive chair of the board.

This week's biggest stories included Lloyds' trade union taking legal action over GMP equalisation, a same sex partner benefits appeal case, and asset managers arguing hidden fees are the 'Loch Ness Monster of investments'.

Ajeet Manjrekar has returned to P-Solve after leaving his previous job at Deutsche Bank spin-off Global Thematic Partners.

Pension funds remain the most preferred way to invest spare cash, according to research by HSBC Global Asset Management.

The British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) trustee has shown the government "compelling evidence", arguing it can pay modified benefits indefinitely on a low risk basis outside the lifeboat fund.