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Scheme funding arrangements driven by special purpose vehicles are gradually becoming more accessible to smaller firms, consultants say.

The pensions industry has delivered a positive verdict on Lord John Hutton's interim report on public service provision.

The £9.6bn Strathclyde Pension Fund has begun talks with council leaders and officers over the possibility of amalgamating the 11 Scottish local authority schemes.

Industry pressure is growing on Lord John Hutton to include a career average structure as part of a new public sector ‘hybrid' scheme.

This month the panellists discuss the pace of recovery in UK real estate, and the reasons behind a possible stalling in the market

Treasury proposals to remove the requirement to annuities by age 75 will only benefit "those who need them the least", the industry warns.

The pensions buyout market is likely to see more than £10bn of deals completed this year, Pensions Capital Strategies says.

UK - A record £12.5bn ($20bn) risk transfer deals were done in the first half of the year and a quarter of major firms will de-risk by 2012, Hymans Robertson predicts.

A record £12.5bn risk transfer deals were done in the first half of the year and a quarter of major firms will de-risk by 2012, Hymans Robertson predicts.

The University of Edinburgh has appointed Hymans Robertson as investment adviser to its £200m staff benefits scheme.