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Insurers expect to write more than £6bn of buyout and buy-in business in 2013 after a strong finish to 2012 saw £1.5bn in transactions, says JLT Employee Benefits.

Catherine Love Soper shares her experiences teaching actuarial science at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

It would seem most contributors still think there is life left in defined ambition. But sadly a closer inspection of responses reveals that many who said the accelerated ending of contracting out had not killed DA thought this was because the idea was...

There was concern among Buzz contributors that the recent focus on boardroom remuneration had overshadowed other important corporate governance issues. But a significant minority thought campaigners were right to continue shining a light on the issue....

More than half of Buzz respondents said The Pensions Regulator's new objective to consider employers' growth prospects would result in lower contributions to schemes. But the majority of these respondents said this would only be the case for a minority...

The vast majority of respondents supported the prospect of asset managers disclosing total annual costs to institutional investors. Fewer than one in 20 rejected the idea.

Contributors were split fairly evenly over whether the National Association of Pension Funds offered good value for members. Trustees were divided 50:50 on the question while three out of five scheme managers said the organisation was value for money....

The on-going volatility in defined benefit scheme funding continues as £11bn was added to FTSE350 deficits over March, research from Mercer shows.

Aegon has launched a selection of auto-enrolment investment funds suitable for use as default options.

A Northern Ireland charity created to promote peace has gone into administration because of its spiralling defined benefit liability.