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Carly Rees has been hired as an associate by Sackers, taking the law firm's total number of pensions lawyers to 50.

Isabel Hudson has been appointed to the BT pensions committee and BT board as a non-executive director (NED).

The Art Fund is trying to raise £15.75m to prevent the Wedgwood Museum's collection being broken up as part of its scheme's transfer to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

Barnett Waddingham has broadened its defined contribution (DC) employee benefits service to fit the flexibilities announced in the Budget.

The revised Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) Directive is not intended to outlaw UK trustees or treat schemes like banks, according to the European Commission.

The government cannot rely on auto-enrolment (AE) in its current form to solve the pensions crisis, says the Pension Policy Institute (PPI).

Pension fund trustees are increasingly responsible for managing risk, but lack the skills to do, according to research by a pension consultancy.

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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has restructured its group benefits and pensions team and created an employee pensions manager role.

Greater demand for drawdown has helped compensate for significant losses in annuity broking business at Hargreaves Lansdown.