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The NCR pension plan has entered into a £670m buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) covering 5,400 members of the consumer transaction tech firm's subsidiaries in the UK.

House of Lords public service and demographic change committee chairman Lord Filkin has been appointed founder chair of the Centre for Ageing Better.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will conduct sector-specific compliance research to better understand how auto-enrolment (AE) is applied in different industries.

Barclays has added James Brincat to the business development team of its Beyond Benefits offering launched in September.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has urged trustees to examine asset-backed contribution structures (ABCs) carefully and explore "less risky alternatives" before entering into such an arrangement.

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) will give all staff transferring to TSB a cash payment of 27.5% of annual salary to "compensate" them for losing access to the group's defined benefit (DB) scheme.

PTL has expanded its presence into the Midlands with the opening of a Birmingham office, adding to its existing bases in London, Reading and Leeds.

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has acquired a 49.9% non-controlling stake in the Airline Group in the latest in a string of infrastructure investments.

Specialist managers are securing an increasing slice of the fiduciary management (FM) market as a result of improved governance and appointment processes, according to research from KPMG.

The industry has been eagerly awaiting guidance on scheme charges but the Department of Work and Pensions' consultation has raised more questions than it has answered. Here is Towers Watson's list of what we still need to know.