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UK - Pension scheme deficits will soar unless early retirement ages are increased, analysts claim.

UK - A police officer who is under investigation over the collapse of a murder trial has been allowed to retire on a full pension.

UK - The European commercial property market is increasingly converging on a common cycle, with certain regions more aligned than others, according to a new report released by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immobilienfonds (DEGI), the real estate investment...

UK - Pimco Europe has won its first local authority mandate - a £44m global bond mandate by the £600m Shropshire County Pension Fund.

UK - Pension scheme deficits which were said to be in excess of £100bn for FTSE100 schemes have now shrunk to under £50bn, riding on "favourable" investment changes, consultants estimate.

UK - Keeping a final salary pension scheme could be the difference between firms getting plaudits or brickbats from trade union Amicus.

UK - Royal London has appointed David Kneeshaw as chief executive of Scottish Life International.

UK - Population levels are set to soar by over five million in the next 25 years increasing the strain on the state pension system, a new report shows.

UK - King & Shaxson has completed its acquisition of Swiss Life Asset Management following regulatory approval from the Financial Services Authority.

UK - Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow will scoop most local authority mandates following Watson Wyatt's decision to quit the market in April last year.