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Trustees should work with employers to agree funding solutions that balance member interests with business growth according to The Pension Regulator chairman Michael O'Higgins.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is looking into "systemic" ways it can combat pension liberation fraud as its current tactics are not sustainable.

The winners of the £15,000 Defined Ambition Competition 2013 have been announced at the Pensions and Benefits Show 2013.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is expanding its compliance unit to enable it to ‘proactively investigate' companies and industries with a high risk of failure to comply with auto-enrolment duties.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will "shorten and sharpen" its defined contribution (DC) code of conduct and principles following industry complaints it is too complex.

Whitbread has incurred more than £1m in costs to implement auto-enrolment (AE) for its 40,000 employees.

The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF) is to rebrand its third party administration and trustee services businesses, MNPA and MNTS, as Ensign.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed the legal and tax frameworks for tax transparent funds (TTFs) will be implemented this summer, after suffering delays.

Defined benefit (DB) scheme closures and increasing bulk annuity exercises are driving an increase in schemes outsourcing their administration, research from Aon Hewitt shows.

Insurance industry organisations need to do more on stewardship, Financial Reporting Council (FRC) senior investment adviser Peter Montagnon has said.