Defined benefit funding ratios continued to fall last month with deficits rising by almost £65bn, according to the PPF 7800 Index.

Food giant Unilever has been labelled a "modern day Scrooge" after it withdrew the offer of a £15 Sainsbury's Christmas voucher for workers protesting changes to their pensions.

The £1.4bn Dorset County Council pension fund has reappointed Barnett Waddingham to run its actuarial services.

Svitzer has boosted the take up of savings provision in its UK operations by 10% - after closing its defined benefit scheme and replacing it with a corporate wrap.

Michael Bow talks to Matti Leppälä

Local authority pension funds should start "dipping their toe" into social investment projects and allocating small portions of their portfolios to the asset class, delegates heard.

Institutional investors should "blur the line" of responsibility for equity investments and empower boards by trusting them more, a governance chief suggests.

DCLG head of pay and pensions indicates Treasury is prepared to merge savings with Hutton reforms.

Schemes must channel their corporate governance resources towards oversight of remuneration committees to stem the tide of large executive pay rises, a high pay expert says.

Here it is. A timeline of the events leading up to the decision by the Henderson Action Group pension schemes to sue Henderson Equity Partners.