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Smaller firms' defined contribution scheme contributions are failing to keep pace with the increasing cost of pensions, Association of Consulting Actuaries research shows.

DENMARK - ATP investment chief Bjarne Graven Larsen is leaving the Danish pension fund to join FIH Erhvervsbank as chief executive officer.

Public sector final salary schemes should be scrapped and replaced with a career average alternative, the National Association of Pensions Funds says.

Public sector pension schemes should move to a career average revalued earnings system capped at pay of £75,000, the London Pensions Fund Authority says.

Nearly a quarter of UK businesses have not yet considered the implications of auto-enrolment on their schemes, Aon Hewitt research reveals.

Lord Hutton will today end his call for evidence to the public sector pensions inquiry after the close of a seven-week consultation.

DENMARK - The ATP Supervisory Board has allocated DKK23bn ($4.1bn) to help safeguard the fund against rising Danish life expectancy.

Pension tax changes by successive governments are not entirely to blame for the long-term drop off in employer sponsored scheme provision, a study finds.

The government has launched a public consultation on the discount rate used to set contribution rates in unfunded public service pension schemes.

PensionDCisions has teamed up with Professional Pensions to launch its 2011 Sponsor Default Survey.