News
Admin / Technology
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched case investigations into seven schemes following its first thematic review of record-keeping.
12 March 2014
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Appointments
Steven Hull has been appointed partner within Eversheds' London office and joins from the law firm Ashurst where he was head of the pensions department.
11 March 2014
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Appointments
Former Buck Consultants' senior corporate actuary Colin Richardson has joined PTL as a client director within its growing Leeds office.
11 March 2014
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Law and Regulation
The number of small employers that know their auto-enrolment (AE) staging date is "largely unchanged" since last spring, research from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) reveals.
11 March 2014
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Admin / Technology
In a trial of Western Union's Global Existence Transaction service, the London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) has saved the equivalent of 5% of the fund's used in the pilot.
11 March 2014
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Employee Benefits
The number of employees on zero-hours contracts has increased from 183,000 in 2010 to 583,000, newly revised figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal.
11 March 2014
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Defined Benefit
PwC has added two partners, Julia Dickson and Gavin Stoner, to its employer covenant assessment team, taking its number of staff to 50.
11 March 2014
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Defined Benefit
The final batch of regulations for Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) 2014 has been laid before Parliament.
11 March 2014
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Risk Reduction
The Trustee of the Church Workers Pension Fund has completed a £100m buy-in with Prudential.
10 March 2014
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Appointments
National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) director of communications and engagement Graham Vidler will join the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) as director of external affairs in late spring.
10 March 2014
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