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THE WARWICKSHIRE Pension Fund has joined the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum - taking its membership to 43 funds.

PAUL Myners - the newly appointed chairman of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority - is to speak at the National Association of Pensions Funds' autumn conference.

Members should be forced to use the annuity open market option to stop providers from "shameless profiteering", an adviser believes.

ADVISER satisfaction with service levels from life and pension providers has soared over the last two years, research by Sesame reveals.

THE SOCIAL Housing Pension Scheme has reduced its deficit by £103m in the past two years, its latest valuation reveals.

PRIVATE equity firm Delta Two is keen to speak to the trustees of the Sainsbury's pension scheme in a bid to complete its purchase of the firm.

THE GOVERNMENT has come under renewed pressure to compensate victims of the Equitable Life scandal two months after a European parliament report called for restitution.

RESEARCH by Aegon has revealed a distinct "reality gap" between what people are expecting in their retirement and what they are actually saving.

SWITZERLAND - Partners Group, the Swiss-based alternative asset manager, has predicted a positive outlook for the second half of this year after it released its semi-annual results as of 30 June 2007.

INVESCO Perpetual has been selected by the Royal Society of Chemistry pension scheme to manage an £11m high alpha UK equity mandate.