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.

A housing association has avoided a potentially crippling £3m cessation debt to the Local Government Pension Scheme via an innovative agreement with the scheme’s local administering authority.

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.

On the go: Professional trustees will have to pass exams on technical knowledge and board management to gain accreditation in their field from April this year, under new standards published on Monday.

The Pensions Regulator will attempt to build one-to-one relationships with pensions administrators it considers to be of critical importance, in a voluntary extension of the supervision regime it has already introduced for the largest schemes in the UK.