French president Nicolas Sarkozy has called for two weeks of talks with unions over reforming "financially unsustainable" special retirement deals for public sector workers.

Pension schemes are making greater efforts to confirm the postcodes of members in a bid to improve the accuracy of valuations, Profund claims.

Schemes are missing out on large US class action settlements because they do not know cases have been heard, Institutional Protection Services claims.

Setting employers free to introduce risk-sharing pension schemes would bridge the gulf between public and private sector provision, the Association of Consulting Actuaries claims.

Fund of hedge funds have a high "birth rate" but only a fraction reach maturity, delegates heard.

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Forcing final salary schemes to provide guaranteed benefits will cost £3bn a year, delegates heard.

Communications support services firm Telent has agreed to a £400m takeover from specialist pension fund management group the Pension Corporation.

ROYAL London has announced its financial results for the first half of 2007.

The Raising Standards of Pensions Administration initiative has launched a general statement of administration standards.