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Panellists at an industry roundtable discuss their need for more clarity and balance from the regulator. James Phillips reports

This week's top stories included XPS Pensions Group announcing plans to acquire Royal London's corporate pension services division.

Mercer has hired Sylvia Pozezanac from Prudential Financial to take over from Fiona Dunsire as its UK chief executive.

Workers Pension Trust was one of the 30 master trusts to apply for authorisation ahead of the 31 March deadline, PP can reveal.

A minority (13%) of trustees and corporate sponsors predict their organisation is "likely" or "very likely" to adopt a collective defined contribution (CDC) scheme by 2025, Willis Towers Watson finds.

The Laird Pension Scheme has completed a £110m buyout with Rothesay Life, insuring benefits for 940 members.

The Carey Workplace Pension Trust has applied for master trust authorisation and consolidated two other schemes, PP can reveal.

The Atlas Master Trust has applied for authorisation to The Pensions Regulator (TPR), taking the total number of applications to 24 as the end of March deadline looms.

With mental health issues costing businesses an estimated £35bn each year, Nick Martindale looks at the need for a culture of understanding

The government-backed auto-enrolment (AE) provider NEST is the latest master trust to apply for authorisation to The Pensions Regulator (TPR), PP can exclusively reveal.