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HR Trustees has appointed Lyndon Jones as managing director.

Registration for the Pensions and Benefits Show, which takes place on 12-13 June at ExCel in London, has now opened.

A second round of statutory consultation has been launched on changes to the local government pension scheme.

An increase in liabilities across UK defined benefit schemes in March wiped out improvements in funding levels reported over the last quarter, according to research from JLT Pension Capital Strategies.

Prupim, M&G's real estate investment management arm, has agreed to buy a £105.4m residential portfolio from Berkeley Group Holdings, marking a significant foray into UK rented housing by an institutional investor.

Mobile retailer Phones 4u has chosen Staffcare as its auto-enrolment software provider.

UK funds have launched a legal claim against Royal Bank of Scotland over "misstatements and omissions" relating to a £12bn rights issue in 2008.

Staffordshire Pension Fund and Royal Borough of Greenwich Pension Fund have become the latest schemes to join the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum.

Axa is reviewing the viability of maintaining its defined benefit scheme due to an increasing deficit and the additional costs associated with the end of contracting out.

Welsh authorities have consulted on merging local government pension scheme funds into a common investment structure.