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The Imperial Home Decor scheme has agreed a £5m medically underwritten buyout of its defined contribution (DC) section in the first such deal to be publicly announced.

Friends Life is calling on the pensions industry to take action against scheme 'liberation' companies after reporting a marked increase in the activity.

Now Pensions has announced the departure of chief operating officer Jerry Gandhi.

This week respondents are divided over whether TPR should pay attention to third-party admins and if auto-transfers will harm savings

Here they are... The five shortlisted entries for the Professional Pensions / Barnett Waddingham Defined Ambition Competition 2013.

Asset-backed funding arrangements are a "house of cards" that could run counter to European law banning schemes from making employer-related investments, says a lawyer.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has warned that the £630m levy paid by schemes to fund the organisation is likely to rise by an average of approximately 10% in September.

Contract-based defined contribution (DC) providers are likely to be given a fiduciary duty similar to that of trustees, Punter Southall principal Alan Morahan says.

There is a strong link between companies being paternalistic and wanting to administer their pension schemes in-house, Tesco corporate pension manager Karen Wake says.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) expects to name its new chief executive, replacing Bill Gavin, next month.