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A NEW firm has been launched to help trustees and pension managers select their investment consultant.

Here it is - a full list of the winners of Professional Pensions' inaugural Specialist and Alternative Investment Manager Awards.

TRUSTEES should retain powers that the government's deregulatory review may threaten, the GMB union urges.

Mercer has been appointed by the International Finance Corporation to carry out the first sustainability survey on emerging market investments.

Union members have protested that pension benefits will be cut at companies sold off by John Lewis Partnership.

Almost three-quarters of independent financial advisers believe product innovation such as third-way annuities are the key to boosting retirement saving, research suggests.

The Pensions Regulator may include mortality assumptions as a new "trigger" for funding plans, Hewitt Associates claims.

A new insurance firm will launch a product that allows trustees to insure the sponsor covenant in full and provide an alternative to bulk annuity buyouts.

Capita is to take on the administration of Prudential's mature life & pensions back-book in a deal worth £722m.

Schemes must now be 140pc funded to avoid paying the Pension Protection Fund risk-based levy, a new policy paper has confirmed.