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Schemes' awareness of in-coming record keeping requirements has increased from 74% to 88% over the past year, The Pensions Regulator says.

More than one in five small trust-based defined benefit schemes do not hold annual board meetings, according to research from The Pensions Regulator.

The European Commission will move to give shareholders a binding vote on pay, according to Commissioner Michel Barnier.

The Bayer Group Pension Plan has moved to paperless trustee board meetings in a switch it says will cut its annual paper usage by 45,000 pages.

The Rail Maritime and Train union will ballot its members for industrial action over the continuing dispute concerning the East Midlands Trains section of the Railways Pension Scheme.

A High Court decision handed down on Monday may have set a precedent on the treatment of early retirement benefits when companies sell part of their businesses.

JLT Wealth Management has confirmed it is suspending defined benefit transfer exercises after the Financial Services Authority issued new guidance on how transfer values are to be calculated.

The Department for Work and Pensions has appointed Philip Langsdale as chief information officer.

Future workers face retirement at 84, say pension planners; Companies face £100bn pension top-up; Scottish teacher and NHS pension payments exceed £1 billion; Doctors' grievance over pensions is all about fairness

Professional Pensions is set to publish a guide to auto-enrolment and pensions reform on June 28.