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Pension Corporation's David Collinson takes John Redwood to task

Defined benefit scheme funding levels have plunged by one-fifth over the past year dragging a further 83 previously fully funded schemes into deficit, data shows.

Schemes have urged FTSE Group to increase entry requirements for admittance to its listed stock exchanges to boost minority shareholder safeguards.

Andrew Short looks at schemes' increasing involvement in shareholder activism, led by the revolt against News Corp, and asks if it is just the larger schemes that can engage on this issue

Plunging equity markets have wiped out all gains made by pension schemes from balanced pooled funds in the last year, BNY Mellon figures show.

UK private sector pension funding soaring levels soared over 90% last month, with FTSE100 companies reducing their deficits by £26bn.

Defined benefit schemes saw their deficits drop last month after the stock market rallied in October, according to the Pension Protection Fund 7800 Index.

Elisabeth Jeffries looks at the issues that pensions schemes need to take into account when assessing a company's exposure to carbon risk

Defined benefit schemes plunged £80bn further into deficit in September leaving more than 80% now with a funding void, according to the Pension Protection Fund.

EUROPE - Eurozone indices sold off sharply in early trading as fears over a break-up of the region swept across markets once again.