The UK pensions sector suffers more than one data breach every week on average, new figures reveal, with some of the industry’s biggest names failing to protect savers’ sensitive information.

On the go: Carlsberg will remain the sole sponsor of its UK defined benefit pension scheme after it is absorbed into a joint venture with fellow beer producer Marston’s.

Data crunch: An already booming market for pensions insurance has received a two-pronged boost from the coronavirus pandemic: the turmoil rippling through the economy is providing schemes with the best ever pricing for buy-in deals, just as the demand for shedding investment risk is at its greatest.

On the go: The Co-operative Pension Scheme has completed a £350m buy-in with Aviva, taking its total transactions this year beyond £2bn, as defined benefit schemes look to capitalise on cheaper deals amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Analysis: As the country anxiously tracks the accumulating death toll from Covid-19, pension trustees will eventually be forced to do a more perverse calculation: how much will the mounting fatalities reduce their funding deficits?

On the go: The Pensions Ombudsman has ruled that Aegon did not fail in its duty of care when allowing a member to transfer his savings to a “bogus employer”, once again emphasising that trustees are not responsible for certain historic cases of fraud.

On the go: Local council pension schemes can now invest against the government’s foreign policy, after the Supreme Court ruled a ban on politically motivated boycotts was unlawful.