NEARLY half of UK analysts believe that scheme liabilities recorded on a firms' balance sheets are understated, a survey by Pension Capital Strategies reveals.

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Entegria is adopting more sophisticated methods to value scheme liabilities to make mortality predictions more accurate.

COMPANIES could face a 2000pc increase in Pension Protection Fund levies from 2006 levels following a European Court of Justice ruling tomorrow, Aon Consulting warns.

HALF of UK finance directors think defined contribution schemes provide "inadequate" pensions for employees, new research reveals.

THE WEST Yorkshire Pension Fund and the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund are among 14 investors that have signed up to Schroders' European property fund of funds.

PENSION funds with heavy bond exposures face "a very challenging environment" this year, Baring Asset Management warns.

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GLOBAL - Institutional pension fund assets in the 11 major markets more than doubled in the last ten years, and now constitute 81% of their GDP, Watson Wyatt has found.

Nearly three out of four companies believe occupational health services could cut their costs but less than half offer them, research shows.