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One in five automatically-enrolled members will benefit from generous employers who will pay more than their minimum 2% pension contributions, a survey by The People's Pension reveals.

This week's top stories included coverage of the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) latest working paper, and six pension firms placed in provisional liquidator after an Insolvency Service investigation.

The new tax year brings a number of changes to the pensions world, not least the first round of phasing for auto-enrolled employees.

The regulator is not striking the right balance in its 'clearer, quicker and tougher' approach on enforcement, according to this week's Pensions Buzz respondents.

Employers should do more to engage members with pensions and help them harness the full potential of their options to reach a good retirement outcome, according to research.

Professional trustee firm BESTrustees has appointed Huw Evans as a member of its board as it eyes future growth of the business.

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) and Jupiter Asset Management have become the latest firms to sign up to the Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS) code of transparency.

The combined deficit of FTSE 350 defined benefit (DB) schemes fell to £72bn in the first quarter of 2018, according to Mercer's pensions risk survey.

Strong employers should consider contributing more money to reduce pension deficits over a shorter period of time, especially where they are paying out excessive shareholder dividends, the watchdog has said.

RPMI Railpen has promoted Richard Williams to chief investment officer and Paul Bishop to head of private markets as part of a leadership restructure.