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Barnett Waddingham non-executive chairwoman Elizabeth Renshaw-Ames has been named as trustee chairwoman of Aviva Master Trust.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) chief executive Charles Counsell has warned scheme trustees could see an increased demand for cash equivalent transfer values (CETVs) from defined benefit (DB) members.

Pension scheme trustees could find themselves with a better seat at the table during a corporate restructuring under government proposals presented to parliament last week.

The 3i Group Pension Plan has agreed a £650m buy-in with Legal & General (L&G), insuring the remaining benefits within the scheme.

Natixis Investment Managers has made a strategic investment in Smart, the technology platform behind the Smart Pension master trust.

The fiduciary managers that made the strongest gains through high equity allocations in 2019 also sustained the biggest losses during the first quarter of 2020, research by XPS Pensions reveals.

Nest members are making changes to their everyday lives to be more environmentally or socially responsible, but failing to take the same action on their pensions, the provider says.

Almost three-quarters of FTSE 100 defined benefit (DB) pension schemes were in surplus on an accounting basis as the coronavirus crisis hit, according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

The Association of Professional Pension Trustees (APPT) has announced the first 14 trustees to have received accreditation after completing its programme.

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) cut its deficit by £31bn over the course of three years, its latest annual report shows.