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INSTITUTIONAL investors have called on the G8 - the world's richest nations - to lay the foundations for post-2012 policy framework on climate change.

UK PENSION assets will soar by over a quarter to £2trn in 10 years time, a survey by UBS Global Asset Management predicts.

TRUSTEES overseeing the government's personal accounts must be backed by excellent indemnity insurance, consultants believe.

THE PENSIONS Regulator has dismissed industry fears it intends to regulate charges for defined contribution schemes, delegates heard.

PUTTING a contribution cap on personal accounts would discourage people from saving for retirement, a Which? report reveals.

THE GOVERNMENT Actuary's Department has withdrawn all "passports" for the Local Government Pension Scheme with retrospective effect - a move lawyers believe is outside its powers.

GORDON Brown must make pensions a priority when he takes over as prime minister, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Asset management firm GAM is to launch its first income strategy using quantitative screening.

Campaign group Work Wise UK has launched a quality mark for firms which introduce smarter working practices.

Offering staff access to private dental care is becoming an increasingly attractive employee benefit as NHS provision is harder to find, Kudos claims.