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The government has begun consulting on how insurers can use gender as a risk factor after a European Court of Justice ruling said providers could not charge different premiums to men and women because of their sex.

Schemes are increasingly turning to liability-driven investment in volatile economic conditions, a poll of 100 pension executives has found.

Pressure to prepare properly for auto-enrolment is mounting on employers and those who have not yet thought about it must act now, Fidelity says.

The Pensions Regulator will give trustees a "clear steer" on acceptable approaches to funding and recovery plans in the spring, Bill Galvin confirms.

Jonathan Stapleton's dream for DC defaults

The Bank of England could slash the estimated £200bn hit to pension scheme funding levels from quantitative easing by fine-tuning its approach, Pension Insurance Corporation argues.

Investment only asset managers are set to corner an increasing share of the defined contribution market over the next decade, research finds.

There is "scope for tremendous confusion" if trustees try to comply with all of the defined contribution principles and initiatives currently in operation, a consultant says.

Nearly 30 pension funds, including Tesco, BUPA and the BBC, have filed claims at the High Court seeking damages from Henderson over claims it took too much risk with one its funds.