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Former Partnership Assurance head of de-risking David Harvey has been appointed sales director in Xafinity's consulting division.

Devon County Council Pension Fund has awarded a £40m infrastructure mandate to Aviva Investors.

Higher nominal and index-linked gilt yields helped to reduce the liabilities of the PPF 7800 index by 2.7% in December 2013, according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) latest update.

The UK's headline inflation rate fell to 2% in December, rounding off a near 1% fall since the summer, official data has shown.

The trustees of GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) pension schemes have hired fiduciary manager Cardano as investment adviser.

Now Pensions and software firm Staffcare have partnered to offer an auto-enrolment (AE) service in a bid to capture some of the 30,000 companies staging in the next four months.

Royal London Group is in discussion with the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) over joining its £2bn infrastructure fund, a spokesman has confirmed.

Muse Advisory has appointed former Towers Watson senior consultant Ian McQuade as client director to lead its defined contribution (DC) services.

Independent Trustee Services (ITS) has expanded its London office with the appointments of Anna King, Chris Thwaites and Danielle Laffey.

Mercer has appointed HR director Siobhan Martin (pictured) and head of the European retirement business Martine Ferland to its UK board.