Halting companies’ mandatory pension contributions could form part of government remedies to support businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, pension specialists have argued, since protecting jobs is as important as saving for retirement.

On the go: Pension schemes considering combining their guaranteed minimum pension rectification and equalisation projects can now follow new guidance published by the cross-industry GMP Equalisation Working Group.

On the go: PensionBee will offer Legal & General’s first fossil fuel-free fund, in response to demand from consumers to exclude oil from their pension investments.

The £5.8bn Cheshire Pension Fund is gauging the views of its members and participating employers on its investment strategy and environmental, social and governance policy.

On the go: Pension specialists have welcomed the announced changes in pensions tax relief in this week’s Budget, but have pointed out that it brings an added administration challenge to schemes.

On the go: Clara Pensions is seeking to raise between £200m and £300m from new investors, after a first fundraising in 2018.

On the go: The Pensions Regulator has reminded trustees of the need for appropriate monitoring and contingency planning to be able to continue to run their schemes amid a coronavirus outbreak.

The UK Statistics Authority is proposing to align the retail price index with the consumer price index including housing costs, which is expected to lower its annual rate by an average of 1 percentage point.

On the go: The chair of the Money and Pensions Service has declined to give a launch date for the public pensions dashboard, since there are too many variables to be considered at this time.