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The Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund have released an up-to-date edition of its Purple Book.

Mercer has acquired Höfer Vorsorge-Management, one of Germany's leading actuarial and retirement consulting firms.

The full impact of age discrimination regulations on UK pension schemes will not be known until at least 2009, a law firm warns.

Hermes Pensions Management head of investment management in real estate Fiona Sweeney is leaving the firm. Sweeney - who joined Hermes in 1992 - has held the post since 2004.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System has adopted a new international investment strategy in a bid to boost returns.

Thousands of women will face a poorer retirement following a government U-turn on pensions reform, Age Concern warns.

Nearly two-thirds of employers see pension provision as part of their corporate and social responsibility to staff, research shows.

Pensions reform minister Mike O'Brien has reiterated that personal accounts will work for the "large majority" of savers in the target group.

Trustees of two British Vita schemes have reached a settlement with their sponsoring employer over lump sum contribution demands totalling £49.6m.

The department for work and pensions is "arrogantly milking" pension schemes due to its failure to keep regulatory costs under control, Gissings says.