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Media group Emap is considering the sale of its pension fund to a third party, sources suggest.

The government is rethinking proposed changes to section 75 buyout debts amid fears they would have a "catastrophic" effect on firms leaving a multi-employer scheme.

The scheme-specific funding regime is forcing trustees to think long term and consider what happens after they become fully funded, Hewitt Associates claims.

More than 3000 schemes have not yet submitted their first valuation to the Pension Protection Fund and could pay "substantially" higher levies, a consultant warns.

Government claims that everyone should save for retirement irrespective of the effect on means-tested benefits is "plain crazy", Scottish Life claims.

More than 90pc of schemes believe their governance related workload will increase over the next few years, research shows.

Crisis ‘action' makes me a cynic

Oil giant Shell UK is taking a pension contribution holiday after an actuarial valuation showed its £12.1bn defined benefit scheme is "heavily" in surplus.

Schemes can get the main benefits of hedge fund investment without the associated high fees by using 130/30 funds, JPMorgan claims.

Software provider Focus Solutions is launching an "out of the box" extranet solution for the sale of self-invested personal pensions.