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Private sector workers pay nearly as much towards public sector workers' pensions as their own, research by the Liberal Democrats reveals.

Strong institutional sales boosted first-half profits for Schroders' asset management business by 18pc to £353.3m.

Dutch chemical and coatings giant Akzo Nobel negotiated directly with the trustee of the ICI Pension Fund before making an £8bn takeover for the UK firm.

EMPLOYERS are overlooking the viable option of setting up small self-administered schemes because they are being overshadowed by group self-invested personal pensions, a provider claims.

Data from Mercer Investment Consulting's performance analysts will be used to draw up initial shortlists for Professional Pensions' inaugural Specialist and Alternative Investment Manager Awards.

PUBLIC sector union Unison has thrown its weight into a campaign to extend Rule of 85 protection until 2020.

Draft pension transfer value regulations would create a "charter to rip off ex-members", Standard Life claims.

THE Conservative Party is set to publish a wholesale review of pensions policy and economic competitiveness later this week.

THE GOVERNMENT Actuary's Department decision to limit the withdrawal of "passports" for the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme following changes to the scheme has been backed by lawyers.

POST office workers have called off strikes over pensions and pay after Royal Mail colleagues also agreed to suspend industrial action.