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Regulatory focus on plugging scheme deficits quickly is "unhelpful" and could actually damage businesses and pension funds, Hymans Robertson warns.

Companies are expected to conduct more full buyouts this year due to an improvement in funding levels, consultants say.

UK - Inflation edged closer towards 4% in December as the rising cost of food and oil products continued to hit the price of goods and services.

The government published its Pensions Bill today, covering proposed changes to auto-enrolment.

Contribution rates for the Merseyside Pension Fund will increase to 18.1% after the scheme's triennial valuation revealed a 2 percentage point drop in funding levels.

Changes to the introduction of auto-enrolment will be deregulatory and reduce the burden on employers, pensions minister Steve Webb told MPs.

Paul Sweeting on the issues arising from the CPI switch

Pension Action Group members have begun a letter writing campaign over the RPI/CPI switch which will reduce their Financial Assistance Scheme payments.

Pension Action Group members have begun a letter writing campaign over the RPI/CPI switch which will reduce their Financial Assistance Scheme payments.

Deficits for defined benefit pension schemes fell in 2010 but schemes still have some way to go to reach the funding levels of 2008, latest figures show.