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Barings has appointed Nicola Hayes as head of client service and relationship development in its London team.

Government figures revealing a third of retirees are obese show retirees are not shopping around for annuities, according to Just Retirement.

The proportion of defined contribution schemes which plan to reduce employer contribution levels as a response to auto-enrolment has increased over 2012, according to Aon Hewitt.

Kames Capital head of investment strategy Bill Dinning has quit his role to become an investment strategist for Coal Pension Trustee Services.

Greater effort is required to convince trustees that fiduciary management services are good value, Quantum Advisory says.

The Pensions Regulator has scheduled a consultation on regulating trust-based defined contribution schemes for this month.

Several figures within the pensions industry have been rewarded in the Queen's New Year's Honours list.

The High Court has ruled IBM does not have a 'duty of good faith' to allow deferred members to claim unreduced pensions between 60 and 63.

UK pension funds finished 2012 in slightly better health than they began the year after a rise in asset values pushed average funding ratios to 90%, according to JLT Pension Capital Solutions.

DC members at smaller employers cannot expect adequate retirement incomes after an "alarming" stagnation of contributions according to research from the Association of Consulting Actuaries.