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Aviva Investors has reached a £19m agreement with GreenSquare Group to fund a development of 212 affordable homes in the south of England.

Schemes should prioritise communications and hold back on more complicated information to avoid disengagement, the PP Pensions and Benefits Communications Forum was told.

Deficits at the UK's biggest schemes rose more than 20% in January despite big gains on the stock market, according to research from Mercer.

USS continues to move into infrastructure debt to match its liabilities, with its second deal in less than six months to provide long-term inflation-linked financing to a water company.

Communication teams working on auto-enrolment must learn from the marketing industry, the PP Pensions & Benefits Communication Forum was told.

The government has begun to sell off former assets of the Royal Mail Pension Plan with the sale of £400m of properties to the Santander Pension Scheme.

Punter Southall Group has bought out its minority shareholder after acquiring the 21.6% stake in the firm owned by South African financial services group, Sanlam.

Payden & Rygel has appointed Mark Stanley as portfolio director in its London office.

Trustees are taking out increasing volumes of liability insurance as they face a growing number of claims relating to inaccurate data says the Occupational Pensions Defence Union.

Hymans Robertson has named James Verner as its commercial director.