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The pension scheme of nearly one-in-10 FTSE100 companies represents a "material risk" to its business, Pension Capital Strategies research reveals.

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Schemes that have pushed forward valuation results or put overly ambitious return objectives in place to make plans work could regret it, Pan Governance says.

Update 11.52am: The FTSE 100 has soared more than 250 points, or almost 5%, in morning trading as the markets took confidence from this weekend's €750bn rescue deal to defend the euro.

Balanced pooled funds started 2010 with a positive return of 6.6% in the first quarter, statistics from BNY Mellon Asset Servicing's quarterly pooled fund survey show.

Pension schemes transferred more than £4bn of liabilities in Q1 making it the highest ever quarter for risk transfer, Hymans Robertson says.

UK - Pension schemes transferred more than £4bn (US$6bn) of liabilities in Q1 making it the highest ever quarter for risk transfer, Hymans Robertson said.

The funding position for private sector defined benefit schemes is £95bn worse off than this time last year, according to Pension Capital Strategies.

UK - The pension industry should engage more with people on how much they invest into their pension pot rather than focusing on the specific investment advice, industry figures said.