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Former cabinet minister Ed Balls has been announced as the keynote speaker at this year's Pensions and Benefits UK conference.

PensionBee has become the first UK pension provider to adopt simpler annual statements to improve its pension reporting to members and encourage engagement.

Local Pensions Partnership (LPP) chief executive Susan Martin has resigned after three years at the local government pool.

Four more master trusts applied for authorisation to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) after the end of March deadline, according to its latest monthly update.

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has appointed seven further governors to join over 100 already in post.

Smart Pension has been selected to take part in the Department for International Trade's (DIT) pilot Fintech Bridge programme in Australia, which aims to boost the UK fintech industry.

XPS Pensions Group has announced plans to acquire Royal London's corporate pension services division for a cash consideration of £4.8m.

Souter Investments - the asset management vehicle of Stagecoach founder Brian Souter - has sold Mobius Life to Phoenix Equity Partners.

Broadstone has acquired Glasgow-based Thomson Dickson Consulting (TDC) for an undisclosed amount as it seeks to grow its actuarial and consulting service.

Every month, several firms issue trackers of the aggregate defined benefit (DB) scheme funding position. See here for the March 2019 estimates on the various measures…