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Xafinity Paymaster and JLT Benefit Solutions are the latest pension firms to adopt straight through processing for clients and members.

Capita Fiduciary Group has appointed David Harris as a senior member in its pension trustee team.

Confidence in pensions has increased by 10 percentage points since the end of last year, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

BAE Systems has paid £100m into its UK schemes over the third quarter in a bid to further reduce its pension deficit.

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A Conservative government will investigate early auto-enrolment proposals "as a priority," Theresa May says.

UK - ITV has started preliminary discussions with the trustees of its pension fund over a partnership arrangement under which one of its subsidiaries would provide asset backing to the scheme.

AUSTRALIA - Superannuation funds and consultants should address all material risks - including environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues - in their investment decision making process, according to the latest investment guidelines from the Australian...

US - California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill introducing a hybrid pension plan for Orange County employees paving the way for a two-tiered retirement system.

UK - Members of struggling defined benefit schemes could lose out on £150m (US$237.5m) of benefits unless the trustees take control of their investment strategy, a consultant warned.