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THE INVESTMENT Management Association has urged the government to launch a broader debate on the issues regarding annuities and the provision of income in retirement in this year's Budget.

THE DEFICIT in the NHS Pension scheme gas risen by £61.2bn in just two years, the Conservative Party reveals.

TESCO has raised £500m through the issue of a 50-year corporate bond - an issue that was more than four times oversubscribed.

MERCHANT Investors has launched a awareness campaign on self-investing protected rights, including adverts and a mail out to more than 11,000 independent financial advisers.

THE FINANCIAL Services Authority has decided to keep the rule known as RU64.

UK- Aberdeen is to launch a Global-Emerging Markets Smaller Companies Fund, which will focus on firms more likely to be affected by consumers on a micro scale rather than looking at a country's macro economy.

ENVIRONMENTAL, social and governance (ESG) issues will have some impact on companies' value over the short to medium term, research by Ethical Investment Research Services shows.

FINANCIAL advisers Gissings is running a free seminar in March to discuss solutions to a range of problems and risks facing pension schemes.

ROYAL Mail's efforts to plug its £6.5bn pension deficit face an in-depth investigation from the European Commission.

SWITZERLAND - Swiss pension funds returns nearly halved in 2006 to end the year on 6.9%, according to the Swiss Pension Fund Association (ASIP).