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Have you missed out on some of the biggest stories in pensions over the holiday period? Find out below, as we list the top ten most popular stories on www.professionalpensions.com over the past two weeks (18 April - 28 April).

Financial education beginning at school and ultimately spreading throughout the entire population would reinvigorate pensions and long-term saving, the Association of Consulting Actuaries believes.

Trade union Unison has declared ‘war' on the government over public sector pension changes, warning the coalition it was heading for industrial turmoil over its reforms.

Pushing ahead with early access proposals would have risked greater dependency on the state pension and left schemes and providers in a "bureaucratic tangle", the National Association of Pension Funds says.

The Treasury should ditch plans to use GDP expectations to set public sector pension discount rates because it "fundamentally misrepresents" pension economics, leading figures say.

Standard Life increased its corporate pensions business net inflows by 85% in Q1, compared to the previous year, results show.

The government's probe into allowing early access was a political rather than practical move and the Treasury knew the idea would be rejected, a lawyer claims.

Just a quarter of the UK pensions industry supports plans to make all schemes compliant with International Financial Reporting Standards, a poll shows.

Fiduciary manger P-Solve is to acquire insurance market consultant and software specialist Meridian as part of its diversification strategy.

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