The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has taking a significant step to bringing member services in-house, awarding a ten-year contract to administration software provider Civica.

The combined defined benefit deficit of FTSE350 firms has risen 50% during the first four months of this year, research from Mercer shows.

The Pensions Management Institute has set out its vision for the rest of the decade as the industry moves away from defined benefit, chief executive Vince Linnane says.

Taha Lokhandwala looks at the impact of IAS19 on deficits

Royal Dutch Shell has reported a $19.2bn (£12.3bn) impact on its balance sheet after implementing the revised IAS19 accounting standard for its pension scheme, its latest results show.

The impending Pensions Administration Standard Association (PASA) code of conduct on transfers is likely to ban administrators from withholding manual calculation sheets when schemes change providers, PP understands.

The Royal Bank of Scotland is to increase its employees' default contribution level to 10%, a year after the bank commenced auto-enrolment.

Zurich has launched an auto-enrolment default investment fund in conjunction with Schroders after the recent launch of its own defined contribution master trust.

Whitbread has increased the value of its asset-backed funding arrangement with its pension scheme to continue tackling its deficit, its latest results show.

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