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ALTERNATIVES including private equity, hedge funds and commodities will become mainstream investments for pension funds over the next three years, a study shows.

Nearly one-in-five savers could be worse off under the government's proposed personal accounts, the Pensions Policy Institute claims.

Higham Dunnett Shaw has won five new mandates to manage schemes currently in the Pension Protection Fund's assessment period.

WOMEN will be the main beneficiaries from the Pensions Bill's reforms, the Equal Opportunities Commission claims.

LANE Clark & Peacock has launched specialist investment consulting practices for scheme trustees and corporate sponsors.

US - The New York City pension funds plan to call on shareholders to urge copper and gold producer Freeport McMoRan to review its environmental policies and practices in Indonesia.

Firms are cutting back on Christmas gifts and parties, new research shows.

Deputy prime minister John Prescott faced a grilling in parliament over Labour's "£100bn tax raid on pension schemes".

Defined contribution schemes can allay litigation fears by setting up a committee to oversee the default fund, a leading independent financial adviser claims.