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Tax rules put firms off paying into pensions, Treasury told; Government failed in duty to protect Equitable Life policyholders; Standard Life maintains sales after surge; Pensions alert over private equity

Pressure grows on Prudential; Balls urges funds shake up; Risks ‘greater than before LTCM fall'; Treasury offers electronic saving to fund managers

Boots pension trustees seek £1bn; Key regions help pull ICI up 12pc; Lord Browne looks to the future in first public speech since resignation

TPR warning over leveraged buyouts; US lawyers move to cut £55m in perks; Top investors seeks Pru view on break-up; Northgate in £155m Belgian deal

Company schemes face fivefold rise in levies; Michelin to close pension scheme; Hedge fund survey reveals lower gearing; Hargreaves Lansdown float could raise £178m

Royal London and Royal Liver in early stage of takeover talks; Pensions schemes most pressing risk to firms; Case study

Pensions surplus poses problems; Alliance Boots' trustees in strong position with KKR; Royal London in bid talks with Royal Liver; Airwave workers set for deal on pensions; Pension raids

Interest rates near restrictive level; Browder raises $625m to broaden share activism; ABN shareholders attack board; Upbeat L&G's sales miss estimates

ABN opens books to RBS after €72bn bid; L&G's sales miss estimates; Morgan Stanley tops prime brokerage league table; Sainsbury dawn raider increases break-up pressure

Audit firms need to raise capital to challenge Big Four dominance; Infrastructure fund head slams prices