On the go: The Pensions Regulator has written to “hundreds” of defined benefit trustees over disproportionately large dividend payments made by their sponsoring employers, as the watchdog said its interventions are starting to yield results.

On the go: Defence and aerospace conglomerate BAE Systems is to make a debt-funded £1bn payment into its main defined benefit pensions scheme, dramatically front-loading its recovery plan.

On the go: Retail group The Co-op has secured the pensions of 7,000 defined benefit members in a bulk annuity transaction with the Pension Insurance Corporation.

On the go: One in three trust-based defined contribution arrangements expects to transfer members into a master trust over the next five years, with stakeholders citing the drain on time and resources of running an own-trust solution.

On the go: University employers have stated they are unwilling to meet the demands of a trade union ahead of strikes over the Universities Superannuation Scheme.

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On the go: The Pensions Management Institute has launched its process for professional trustees seeking accreditation, after an apparent split with the Association of Professional Pension Trustees.

On the go: The government has opted to maintain the earnings trigger for automatic enrolment at £10,000 for 2020-21, despite long-held industry concerns that the current level is limiting pensions coverage among underprivileged demographics.

On the go: The government should accept that not all defined benefit pensions are affordable and begin taking radical steps to allow employers to flex their promises, according to two prominent professional trustees.