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Towers Watson has raked in $50bn (£31bn) in global assets under advisement through its implemented investment services business, the firm's fiduciary management offering.

UK - MPs are set to undergo the same pensions reform as the wider public sector and have a new scheme imposed on them by 2015, it was announced yesterday.

The Pensions Ombudsman's team of legal investigators has been understaffed by a third over the last year due to government restrictions on recruitment.

Tom Higgins, global macroeconomic strategist at Standish Mellon Asset Management believes time is running out for Eurozone governments trying to tackle the economic crisis.

The Association of Member Nominated Trustees is set to launch an investigation into how smaller schemes can team up to pool assets in a bid to drive down investment management fees.

Many within the industry want the government to hold fire on proposals forcing schemes to make adjustments to benefits to compensate for the effects of unequal GMPs - what's your view?

The Pensions Regulator should be given responsibility for policing enhanced transfer value exercises to allay political concerns on the issue, a lawyer says.

The Pensions Regulator believes it would be "very odd" for it to impose regulation on very small, member-directed DC schemes but said it still expects them to have good governance.

The Pensions Regulator will not pursue moral hazard proceedings against Chemtura to a full determinations panel hearing after the chemical company agreed to contribute £60m to its UK pension scheme.

Early retirement through ill-health was the most common source of complaints received by the Pensions Ombudsman last year, its annual report says.