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David Taylor has been made an executive director at the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and will sit on the board.

The proportion of people looking to take their pensions as cash has declined by almost a third over the weeks since the launch of the freedom reforms, according to research.

Deficits in UK defined benefit schemes remained at "eye-watering" levels in May and are more than 50% higher than they were this time last year, according to JLT Employee Benefits.

Defined contribution (DC) schemes at some of the UK's biggest companies are speeding up diversification of their default funds, according to a report by Schroders.

Nearly two thirds (62%) of British workers have at most extremely limited knowledge of the pension reforms introduced by the last government says Towers Watson.

The deputy pensions ombudsman (DPO) has thrown out a complaint against Thames Water alleging it unfairly reduced an ex-employee's pension.

The government has formally announced its plans to double free childcare hours for three and four-year-old children and expects to introduce the measures next year.

Barnett Waddingham has made Sue Foley, Gavin Markham and Oliver McCulloch partners and promoted nine to associate.

Price Bailey is rewarding 300 employees with a stake in the firm after divving out millions of shares.

Capita Employee Benefits and JLT Employee Benefits have signed up to use RiskFirst's PFaroe risk analysis software.