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UK equity income is the best performing sector for institutional sales for the fifth month in a row, Investment Management Association figures show.

PARTIAL or full buyouts are the least popular options for trustees and sponsoring employers to tackle scheme problems, research by Gissings shows.

THE Pensions Regulator has set out the reasons why it issued its first financial support direction to Sea Containers.

ATTEMPTS to stop scheme wind-up victims latest judicial review being heard on an accelerated basis are in the "interests of justice", the government claims.

ASHMORE Investment Man­agement has won a $670m (£335m) multi strategy mandate from the HSBC Bank Pension Scheme.

ARCH Investment Group is set to launch a sustainable finance fund for pension schemes and other institutional investors.

NEARLY all pension schemes are aiming for funding levels of 100pc of accounting valuations or Pension Protection Fund payout levels, latest research reveals.

Law firm Weightmans is joining a government-appointed legal panel for employment and pension work.

CONSUMER confidence in pensions and other savings products will be boosted by the Financial Services Authority's retail distribution review, insurers say.

TAXPAYER contributions to police pension pots will total £1.6bn this year and will rise to £2bn in 2010.