Imminent changes to ill-health pension requirements under the Local Government Pension Scheme could lead to more lawsuits from dissatisfied members, a lawyer warns.

Sovereign wealth funds - assets held by governments in another country's currency - could have a major effect on UK equities this year, Credit Suisse believes.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Pension Fund has received 68 applications for four member-nominated trustee posts.

Aegon and Zurich have taken minority stakes in Seven Investment Management, which has become the first platform provider to gain London Stock Exchange membership.

Pension schemes suffered the largest ever single daily increase in FRS17 deficits on Monday as global stock markets plunged, consulting firms calculate.

US - Philadelphia faces a pensions timebomb as massively under-funded liabilities and rising costs could derail the city's financial plans, according to a report by Pew Charitable Trusts.

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Irish pension funds lost e4bn (£3bn) in the first two weeks of this year - as much as they did throughout 2007, Mercer says.

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Oil giant BP is taking a pension scheme contribution holiday this year after actuaries confirmed its final salary fund is in surplus.