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The Merchant Navy Officers' Pension Fund (MNOPF) is set to launch an industry-wide defined contribution (DC) scheme for officers and ratings in the Merchant Navy.

Stephen Nichols has been appointed head of strategy and development by Anthony Hodges Consulting (AHC).

The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has agreed to carry out a broad survey of members to discover their views on non-financial investment concerns.

Young people could be hit disproportionately by the pension freedoms being introduced in April according to Baroness Jeannie Drake.

Partnership has completed a £206m buy-in covering high value members of a "multi-billion pound scheme" in the biggest medically underwritten bulk annuity deal to date.

EasyJet is introducing biopsychosocial assessments into the workplace, where referral rates to its occupational health services have risen by around 17% this year.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has shunned the idea of creating an industry-specific levy framework over concerns that it was "too easy to manipulate".

The axing of the requirement for companies to issue quarterly reports will dent the short-term investment cycle and remove clutter from corporate reporting, according to a range of experts.

Bad headlines about annuities in April 2015 could lead to a "tragedy" of people not buying them anymore according to Michelle Cracknell.

PP has launched an event to guide defined benefit (DB) trustees and managers ahead of the incoming pensions flexibilities at an event next year.