The 2% upfront charge on contributions into the National Employment Savings Trust is part of an "outstanding deal," delegates heard.

Ensuring member data accuracy should not be a barrier to buying out as delays could mean market opportunities are missed and premiums increase, Pension Insurance Corporation says.

Longevity swaps allow schemes to remove risk without the need to transfer assets and reduce equity positions, delegates heard.

The Pensions Regulator is urging trustees and administrators to adopt a tool that will speed up reconciliation of data in contracted-out pension schemes, by up to two years.

Risk transfer deals are expected to be well in excess of £1bn in the fourth quarter on the back of improved market conditions and indexation changes, industry experts say.

The Pensions Regulator is urging the industry to help scheme members make informed decisions about their retirement income.

GLOBAL - A greater level of transparency is needed when ETF providers lend out securities held within their funds, according to industry experts.

Legislation allowing trustees to override RPI written in the trust deed and switch to CPI would not be in members' best interests, delegates heard.

Trustees of the EMI Group Pension Fund and Maltby Capital - the owner of EMI Music and EMI Music Publishing - have called in The Pensions Regulator to help resolve a dispute over funding and strategy.