KPMG

KPMG is to provide full trustee services to the £100m Interface Europe pension scheme after it made the switch from Mercer, its adviser for 20 years.

Trustees of the Christopherson (FS) Pension Scheme have agreed a £55m buyout for its members with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).

Automotive retailer Lookers has merged the outsourced services it buys in for its defined benefit (DB) schemes, appointing Aon Hewitt in place of four other firms.

FTSE350 auditors are to be forced to bid for work every five years under new competition rules; but avoid mandatory rotation.

The Department for Education's (DfE) commitment to underwrite Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) liabilities for academies does not address the issue of high legacy liabilities, an expert warns.

The government has launched a consultation into the treatment of academies in the local government pension scheme (LGPS).

The trustees of the Lafarge UK Pension Plan have appointed Towers Watson to act as fiduciary manager of its entire £2.6bn fund.

The value of the market for liability driven investment (LDI) has risen 11% over 2012 led by the growth in inflation hedging, a KPMG report finds.

Early opt-out rates for auto-enrolment (AE) are "skewed" by employer size, KPMG DC director Andy Seed warns.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published a "significant amendment" to auditing standards, aimed at improving transparency of financial statements.