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Accounting standards were a "root cause" of the financial crisis and should be subject to a comprehensive review, according to the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum.

The Pensions Regulator is in talks with the trustee and sponsor of the Dawson International pension schemes to find a way to plug its £50m deficit.

Andrew Short takes a look at tactics for dealing with tail risk and considers the emergence of dedicated tail risk products

The UK and the eurozone will fall back into recession in the next 12 months as countries try to cope with a serious European credit crunch, Schroders says.

The government has said it will not issue CPI-linked gilts in 2012-13, saying the move would not be cost effective and would involve "a number of risks".

Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed the state pension age will reach 67 by 2026.

The Department for Work and Pensions has admitted it is ‘gravely concerned' over proposals to bring the IORP Directive more into line with the Solvency II.

The Pensions Regulator has moved to reassure employers auto-enrolment plans will remain on track after government's announcement enrolment dates will be delayed.

Listen to our latest Pensions Conjecture debate on Global Equities.

The government's delay to the auto-enrolment timetable has been met with dismay from the pensions industry and trade unions.