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Over a third of European defined benefit schemes feel they do not have access to portfolio data which helps them fulfil regulatory requirements, research from State Street reveals.

The Pensions Regulator has named Andrew Warwick-Thompson as its executive director for defined contribution governance and administration.

Attaching guarantees to DC pensions could have a detrimental effect on investment returns according to a World Bank pension expert.

Defined contribution schemes are conflating the needs of young and old members and must create separate instruments for each group's needs, delegates heard.

Standard Life's 2012 corporate pensions platform profits are up but increases in new business have fallen from 2011 levels, its final year results show.

BlackRock UK head of defined contribution Steve Rumbles has resigned from the company.

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union has launched a campaign against construction firm Balfour Beatty after it proposed to close its defined benefit scheme to future accrual.

Engineering giant GKN has split its UK defined benefit scheme into two in its latest annual move to curtail scheme deficits and reduce risk, its 2012 final results reveal.

The reduction in defined benefit schemes has resulted in an overall lower pensions coverage, research from Office for National Statistics shows.

UK workers are the worst prepared in the world for retirement and face a 12-year shortfall in retirement income, according to HSBC research.