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Guests at the UK Pensions Awards raised nearly £11,000 for a charity providing school-based emotional and mental health services.

F&C Investments has expanded its institutional team with two key hires, as the asset manager seeks to grow its institutional business after a significant restructuring under activist investor Edward Bramson.

The First Quench Pension Fund has secured a £160m buy-in that will keep the 2,000-member scheme out of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

The Pensions Regulator has promised greater clarity over how it will oversee local authority pension funds in conjunction with other watchdogs.

The government's review of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) efficiency risks destabilising reforms already underway, industry figures have warned.

The National Association of Pension Funds has launched a guide to responsible investment and urged member schemes to consider "extra-financial factors" in their strategies.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has set out its strategy for the next three years - confirming its focus on auto-enrolment, DB funding and finalising a regulatory plan for DC.

Provisions for the Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS) new governance structure will not be in place when the scheme goes live in April 2014, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) says.

Police and regulatory action against pension liberation fraud is making progress, although much of the work is still taking place behind the scenes, delegates heard.

UK CPI inflation has fallen to 2.4% in April, a larger-than-expected drop from the 2.8% figure recorded in March.