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Revised regulations governing how trustees should deal with scheme disputes have been put out for consultation by the department for work and pensions.

Changes in the reporting of local government pension fund accounts will help improve scheme governance, Hymans Robertson believes.

Left-wingers have urged Royal Mail employees to reject the deal on pay and pensions agreed with the Communication Workers' Union.

Schemes could see Pension Protection Fund levies increase by as much as 20pc after it adopted more conservative longevity assumptions.

Danish labour market pension fund ATP has sold all its shares in petrochemical companies with dealings with Burma.

The pension gap between men and women has increased in the last year, Scottish Widows says.

Commitments on pensions by Siemens will not stave off the threat of strike action, the Unite union has warned.

SWITZERLAND - Urs Schaffner has joined Hewitt Associates from Mercer Consulting, to lead the Switzerland Pension Fund consulting team based in Zurich.

Almost two thirds of pension schemes fear the European economy will weaken over the coming year, latest research by Axa Rosenberg reveals.

Rules which could have forced overseas firms to remove UK-based employees from their pension schemes have been changed after strenuous lobbying from the industry.