On the go: The £2bn QinetiQ Pension Scheme has completed a £130m buy-in with Legal & General Assurance Society. LCP acted as the lead adviser on the transaction and provided derisking advice.

On the go: The £32bn Railways Pension Scheme has appointed Legal & General to provide members with access to a drawdown arrangement within its WorkSave Pension Mastertrust.

On the go: The circa £11bn Marks and Spencer Group Pension Scheme, which recently commenced its latest triennial actuarial valuation, has appointed Northern Trust to provide a range of environmental, social and governance reporting solutions.

On the go: The £5.1bn Morrison and Safeway Care Schemes, which include the Wm Morrison 1967 Section of the Morrisons Retirement Saver Plan and the Safeway Pension Scheme, entered into two new buy-in policies during the year to January 2021.

On the go: The Royal Institute of British Architects has partnered with Smart Pension to create an auto-enrolment solution for RIBA’s architect practices, while moving its own defined contribution scheme to the master trust.

Data crunch: Local Government Pension Scheme funds had a busy start to the year, with several new mandates awarded as transfers to pools accelerate.

On the go: The Border to Coast Pension Partnership, which handles the assets of 11 local government pension schemes worth a total of around £55bn, has secured around £2.7bn of commitments for its latest round of private markets investments.

On the go: The circa €2.4bn (£2.1bn) TUI Group UK Pension Trust, comprising the BAL Scheme, TUI UK Scheme and TAPS Scheme, has secured two buy-ins worth around £800m with Legal & General Assurance Society.

On the go: London CIV, which oversees £23bn on behalf of 32 London Local Government Pension Scheme funds, has launched an active equities fund that is aligned to the objectives of the Paris Agreement.

On the go: The Chartered Insurance Institute Pension Scheme 1993 has completed a £55m full buy-in with Legal & General Assurance Society.