Premier plans to expand into the provider market by launching a multi-employer defined benefit (DB) scheme and a defined contribution (DC) master trust in March this year.

PZ Cussons three UK defined benefit (DB) schemes' total surplus has grown £4m to £19.3m as of 30 November 2013, compared to 2012's figure of £15m.

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) is planning a qualification for individuals tasked with guiding defined contribution (DC) scheme members with non-regulated advice.

Towers Watson has appointed Jane Murray as managing director of its Technology and Administration Solutions (TAS) UK business.

The UK is disproportionately affected by European Union (EU) pensions regulation, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) says.

Jelf Employee Benefits has launched a new auto-enrolment (AE) consultancy service aimed at small businesses.

Network Rail has hired Capita Employee Benefits to administer two of its three pension schemes, both of which were previously administered by RPMI.

The JLT UK Group Pension Scheme has completed a further buy-in contract with Prudential to insure £85m of its defined benefit (DB) liabilities.

Phillip Blond, director at think tank ResPublica, has called for all tax relief on pensions to be scrapped in favour of a simple matching savings scheme.