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Private sector deficits increased last month for the first time this year after slower growth in equities, research from the Pension Protection Fund shows.

Trustees' focus on maintaining service level agreements for transfers is hampering efforts to detect and stop pensions liberation scams, administrators warn.

The West Midlands Pension Fund has launched an online portal for its members and employers which provides secure access to its Local Government Pension Scheme records.

The Metroline London Nothern Pension Scheme and Metroline Pension Scheme have appointed SEI to act as fiduciary manager.

The government has confirmed it will delay plans to force schemes to equalise GMPs while it consults further with the pensions industry on the method for conversion.

Half of 25-34 year olds plan to increase the amount they save into a pension this year, according to research from the National Association of Pension Funds.

The Pensions Regulator has added three new members to its determinations panel and confirmed Andrew Long is the chairman.

Investments in ground rents are "misguided" and risk locking pension schemes into low returns, warns consultant Cardano, amid on-going interest in using the asset class to match liabilities.

Top TV comedian Jimmy Carr will be the host of this year's UK Pensions Awards at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Thursday 2 May.

The Pension Protection Fund has launched a YouTube video in order to help the organisation explain its mission to scheme members.