McFall to lead pension panel; Dutch model might defuse pensions timebomb; banks put £1.4m into Governor's pension; protests mount as pension age changes hit 500,000 women; UK government 'should rethink cuts and raise pension age'; J.P.Morgan strikes important...

Financial Express has completed the purchase of stochastic forecasting business eValue from Towers Watson.

Pensions ‘to cut equity and bond' exposure; private equity rewards pensions; auto-enrolment the start of a new approach; BP spill drove UK dividends to fall by £2bn last year

The Government Actuary's Department has appointed Ortec Finance to provide software for its investment and risk team.

The Department for Work and Pensions is to take action to stop firms using differences between defined contribution regulations to cut scheme costs when faced with auto-enrolment.

Teachers hold strike vote in pension row; Teaching union ATL to ballot members over strike action; Top firms in line for £15bn pensions windfall, survey shows

Northern Foods has recommended a takeover bid from Boparan Holdings after its scheme trustees agreed a deal over the fund's £142m deficit.

Fund manager Hermes has appointed Simon Cartwright and Jill Renwick as directors in its institutional business development team.

Disadvantaged by the refund option; Current pension policies are misguided; Tough calls ahead on auto-enrolment; Pensions favour emerging debt over developed; Robbing Peter to pay Paul's pension

Aviva cuts pension deficit and reveals strategy; Boparan reaches agreement with pension trustees over Northern takover; PIRC calls for shake-up of remuneration boards