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The government has ruled out merging council pension funds in favour of promoting common investment vehicles for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), in an effort to save £660m annually.

Margaret Snowdon won the Pensions Personality of the Year award at a glitzy gala dinner at London's Grosvenor House Hotel last night.

Here they are - the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2014

Zenith is introducing a flexible benefits platform for its workforce.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected attempts by the UK government to block the introduction of a financial transaction tax (FTT) in several countries.

The newly privatised Royal Mail has the best funded scheme on the FTSE 100 according to research from JLT.

Master trusts are set to come under further scrutiny following the publication of The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales' (ICAEW) assurance framework.

RPMI Railpen has created an in-house investment leadership team and appointed Richard Williams as chief investment risk officer.

Now Pensions has appointed Jocelyn Blackwell to its board of trustee directors following Imelda Walsh's decision to step down at the start of the year.

The government can offer a more generous single-tier state pension and still create a cheaper system than is currently on offer, according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).