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The government must be careful about how auto-enrolment feeds into the means-tested system, Society of Pension Consultants president Kevin LeGrand warns.

Dalriada Trustees has enlisted Andrew Mitchell as its latest independent trustee.

The findings of the independent review into the operation of auto-enrolment will be released next week, pensions minister Steve Webb confirms.

BULGARIA - Bulgaria has raised obligatory contributions paid by employers and workers to the state pension fund by 1.8 percentage points to cover the widening budget deficit.

Uniq and the pension scheme trustees have come up with a revised funding agreement that could see 90% of the company's equity handed to the trustees.

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Labour MP and former Bank of England economist Rachel Reeves has been confirmed as the new shadow pensions minister.

US - The 100 largest US public pension funds saw their assets rise 6.8% for the 12 months to June, the first fiscal-year gain since 2007, research shows.

US - Six major US cities have pension assets that can only pay for promised benefits for the next 10 years, new research shows.

Public sector workers will budge no further on pension reforms and will fight recommendations in Lord Hutton's review, unions say.