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The government is backing calls for more public services to be sold off and delivered by private companies owned by employees.

RPMI has appointed former Towers Watson managing director of Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA) Babloo Ramamurthy as a non-executive director to its board.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has refused to order the Prudential to pay compensation after it took too long to transfer a member of its own scheme's funds to Scottish Widows.

Legal & General (L&G) pensions strategy director Adrian Boulding has succeeded Railways Pension Trustee Company chief executive Chris Hitchen as chairman of the Pension Quality Mark (PQM).

JLT Employee Benefits (JLT EB) has bought Ensign Pensions Administration from the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF).

LCP has named former Rothesay Life co-head of business development Myles Pink as a principal in its pension buyout practice.

The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) received twice the normal number of calls following Chancellor George Osborne's delivery of the Budget 2014.

A number of cultural and financial barriers appear set to impede the take-up of the shared parental leave scheme, according to a report by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).

The Norcros Security Plan trustees have hired Buck Consultants to provide actuarial services to its £400m defined benefit (DB) section.

Partnership and LV= have responded to the shock changes to the annuity market announced in the Budget by increasing the cooling-off period on their products.