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The Pensions Regulator will publish detailed guidance for large employers and intermediaries on compliance with employer duties in May.

GLOBAL - The number of public pension systems investing in hedge funds has grown by 50% over the past four years, research by Preqin shows.

The UK pensions system is so badly designed it is a "toxic mix" which favours providers over savers and pushes people towards undersaving, Lord McFall says.

DENMARK - Danish pension provider ATP has spoken out against a change to a proposed law which limits its investments in insurance companies.

UK - The Department for Work and Pensions must avoid the "bear trap" of setting rigid rules to govern default funds, AllianceBernstein warns.

The Department for Work and Pensions must avoid the "bear trap" of setting rigid rules to govern default funds, AllianceBernstein warns.

Hutton recommendations will not necessarily reduce the level of income in retirement for the majority of members, actuaries say.

Hutton reforms will have both benefits and drawbacks for outsourcing contractors, LCP says.

EUROPE - Sovereign bondholders will be relegated down creditor lists if European policymakers push through plans for a bailout mechanism, Standard & Poor's warned.

Jonathan Stapleton explains why both the government and unions will have to give ground on Hutton