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The defined contribution (DC) pensions market will rocket to six times its 2012 value of £276bn assets under management (AUM) by 2030, according to the Pensions Institute (PI).

Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust has appointed Carval Computing as its payroll and human resources (HR) software provider in order to meet its auto-enrolment (AE) duties.

MP Rob Wilson has written to BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten demanding an explanation for the broadcaster's £2bn pension scheme deficit and questioning the stewardship of the scheme trustees.

Legal & General Investment Management has officially announced Emma Douglas' appointment as head of defined contribution (DC) solutions.

Private healthcare providers will be compelled to provide greater information on the quality and cost of treatments being offered to private patients and insurers.

Medical insurers have welcomed proposals by the Competition Commission (CC) to shake-up the private healthcare market, but hospital groups have reacted angrily, calling them "plainly wrong".

Employee owned businesses (EOBs) are better at maintaining both top-line financial performance and employment levels than their non-employee owned counterparts, research finds.

Intercede is establishing a share incentive plan (SIP) for its workforce to help recruit staff.

Treasury secretary Danny Alexander says there is "more to be done" in boosting the profile of employee ownership and advancing the sector over the longer term.

Heineken UK has appointed former SixtyOne Consulting manager director Neil Parfrey as interim head of pensions, as Carol Young prepares to move to the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) next month.