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UK - Scheme members who lost their pension savings when their firms failed could get compensation within three months of the Pensions Bill receiving Royal Assent.

UK - Speakers at the EIR/OECD conference in Paris urged pension funds to question their strategic asset allocation practices in great detail.

UK - Up to 33,000 staff at DIY warehouse giant Kingfisher are being offered a defined contribution scheme from Standard Life, its biggest DC mandate.

UK - Former Equitable Life policyholders will vote next week on whether to pursue a £2m lawsuit against the government for compensation.

UK - NAPF CONFERENCE- Employers today launched a scathing attack on the increased strike action by unions.

UK - Corporate governance experts have urged pension scheme investors to vote against the remuneration report of fashion retailer Next.

UK - Opposition parties are urging the government to end the inequality over pension rights for long-serving reservists.

UK - NAPF CONFERENCE - The chief executive of Zurich Financial Services Lawrence Churchill has been named as chair of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

UK - Brewing giant Scottish & Newcastle will plunge £233m into its pension fund in order to slash its deficit by almost two-thirds.

UK - NAPF CONFERENCE- The government is today expected to announce compensation for around 60,000 scheme members who lost their pensions when their companies went bust.