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The funding level of the 5,945 schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 index improved slightly to 81% by the end of March.

Stuart Tragheim and Andy Milburn have been hired by Equiniti to grow its client base among life and pension providers.

Bond allocations for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the FTSE 100 have soared from 49% to 59% of total assets in just six years.

Policy changes will result in an extra three million retirees on inadequate incomes by 2060 on top of the 12.2 million already forecast, according to research.

The Employer Covenant Working Group (ECWG) has announced its formal launch as it publishes a guide for advisers, trustees and sponsors of defined benefit (DB) schemes.

The UK watchdog has authorised the Lancashire County Pension Fund (LCPF) and London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) to form the Local Pensions Partnership (LPP).

This week we want to know what will happen to the British Steel Pension Scheme and will fund managers follow Neil Woodford who has stopped charging clients for research?

Michael Ferguson has been made a senior consultant on Aon Hewitt's public sector team as the consultancy sees growing demand for governance advice.

Aegon has sold a £6bn UK annuity portfolio to Rothesay Life in a bid to focus on expanding its investment platform.

The biggest stories were the long-awaited Just Retirement and Partnership merger, and revelations the government could be forced to fork out £2bn for the British Steel scheme.