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Daily Mail and General Trust has appointed Jane Allen to the newly created role of group reward director, taking over from outgoing pensions director Geoffrey Staines.

Trustees have been warned to keep a close eye on longevity assumptions as improvements to mortality rates resulted in 20,000 fewer deaths than expected last year in England and Wales.

Punter Southall has taken full ownership of fund manager PSigma Asset Management, upping its stake from 50% to 100%.

FTSE350 businesses that de-risked their pension schemes saw an average share price rise of 1.7% compared to an average index fall of 0.2%, analysis finds.

Former chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds Robin Ellison has launched a group to help pension funds and investment managers recover their "fair share" of security class actions.

The Intelek Pension Scheme and Intelek Money Purchase Scheme have appointed HS Administrative Services as their administrator.

A group of investors has raised concerns that Solvency II could see pension funds and insurers move away from alternative assets.

The Universities Superannuation Scheme is nearly £3bn in deficit after its latest triennial valuation revealed the fund had plunged from a surplus of £707m since 2008.

The chief executive of low-cost provider NOW Pensions has slammed the default funds on offer across the industry.

European regulation deman­ding explicit consent for data processing runs counter to the requirements of auto-enrolment, a lawyer warns.