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THE Pensions Advisory Service is looking to expand its role to work more closely with trustees and employers, the new chairman had said.

TWO more council pension schemes have joined the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum - taking its membership to 42 funds.

THREE in ten of the UK's largest 200 pension schemes remain in surplus despite market falls last week, latest research by Aon Consulting reveals.

WATSON WYATT has revealed its recommendations have outperformed market indices in 19 out of 20 asset classes after all transition costs and fees.

NEARLY 5pc of scheme votes at company meetings are being lost due to a "inherent weaknesses" in voting processes, SVWG chairman Paul Myners warns.

A PARLIAMENTARY report on the private equity industry has called for an investigation into whether the tax system creates undue risk for pension funds.

PREMIER Pension Services has launched a fresh range of small self-administered schemes designed to highlight the product as a viable alternative to self-invested personal pensions.

ASSOCIATED British Engineering is holding talks with trustees over severing ties with the defined benefit scheme during wind-up.

GERMANY - ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services has launched a new lending product aimed to make lending easier for Kapitalanlagegesellschafts (KAGs).

SCHEMES should submit claims for VAT refunds now to avoid missing out on part of a potentially massive HM Revenue & Customs refund, tax advisers urge.