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TRUSTEES have become one of the most powerful groups in business today, says Morley Fund Management head of investment training and development Chris Wagstaff.

NEW real estate investment trusts will deprive schemes of some of the benefits of traditional property investments, a fund manager says.

TRUSTEES must look at cutting benefits rather than investing in alternative assets if they are to overcome rising longevity, delegates heard.

Regular re-enrolment options should allay fears high numbers of workers will miss out under the government's proposed pension shake-up, experts claim.

GOLDMAN Sachs has bought a substantial stake in consultant Barrie & Hibbert for an undisclosed sum.

The Government must find a solution for scheme wind-up victims in a bid to save the reputation of the industry, Profes-sional Pensions Show panellists urged.

BUYERS of UK companies should be aware that FRS17 does not reflect the true economic cost of any pension liabilities they might be taking on, delegates heard.

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THE West Midlands Pension Fund has joined other institutional investors in the US to pursue a shareholders' class action against personal computer giant Dell.

ACTUARY and consultant Lane Clark & Peacock has issued a trustees' guide to the buy-out market.