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The National Exhibition Centre Group boosted its profits last year after saving £3.2m from closing its defined benefit scheme to future accrual.

Few companies are considering levelling down defined contribution arrangements for auto-enrolment, Aon Hewitt says.

The Emap Flexiplan defined contribution pension scheme has completed its complex wind-up within 18 months.

Employers are facing pension scheme design challenges ahead of auto-enrolment due to overly complex legislation, a scheme manager says.

Islamic pension funds could move from being a "hygiene factor" to a mainstream option as auto-enrolment changes the pensions landscape, HSBC Global Asset Management argues.

UK pension funds had $2.9trn (£1.9trn) of assets under management at the end of last year, a survey finds.

In his first media interview since becoming executive director of the $105bn Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Brian Guthrie talks to Raquel Pichardo-Allison about the raft of legislative reviews that will drive his agenda in 2012

JLT Employee Benefits has confirmed the appointment of Peter Ball as managing director of the recently formed JLT Investment Solutions.

Tim Banks of AllianceBernstein considers the role of diversified growth funds in DC strategies

Defined contribution investment strategies must focus more on member outcomes and less on turning savers into investment experts to succeed during auto-enrolment, consultants say.