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Law firm Osborne Clarke's independent trustee business will now be known as Open Trustees.

The British Medical Association is the latest union to warn the government over proposed changes to public sector pensions.

Emerging market equities and bonds, and high yield bonds have served pension funds well in the last decade, research shows.

The Confederation of British Industry is urging the government to introduce a statutory override law to allow schemes to reduce accrual rates to offset the costs of state pension reforms.

The government has hinted it will change rules around short service refunds after warning companies not to assume such refunds will continue in their current form.

The European Commission has appointed Aon Hewitt as expert adviser for the possible establishment of a pan-European pension fund for researchers.

There will not be a ban on age-based insurance pricing in the near future, the director general of the Government Equalities Office says.

Trigger based de-risking is the hot topic in the pension world at present. Not de-risking now could mean a long wait for another opportunity. Are you in a position to take action?

As schemes mature, it's more likely that they will become forced sellers of assets irrespective of how well funded they may be. Understand and plan your cashflow requirements or you might get bitten!

Low-earners are heading for poverty in retirement as official statistics reveal a significant drop in occupational scheme membership levels for men and women.