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An increase in interest rates by the end of the year will creating opportunities for schemes in floating rate assets such as European loans, an asset manager says.

The National Employment Savings Trust is heading for a capacity "car crash" as under-prepared employers cause a last minute stampede for auto-enrolment products, warns Hymans Robertson.

Scheme sponsors are expected to take advantage of "enhanced buy-ins" to significantly reduce the cost of buy-ins, industry figures say.

One in five local government schemes operate with negative cash flows and future contribution reductions could push that figure to half, PP can reveal.

UK - The £3.3bn Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has appointed Hymans Robertson as independent investment adviser to monitor and challenge the actions of its fiduciary manager, Towers Watson.

The £3.3bn Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has appointed Hymans Robertson as independent investment adviser to monitor and challenge the actions of its fiduciary manager, Towers Watson.

The bundled provider market is facing a "capacity crunch" on the delivery of pension solutions for companies ahead of their auto-enrolment staging date, a consultant warns.

Two-thirds of FTSE350 firms use lower levels of inflation than the market to calculate pension accounts - shaving £7bn off deficits, a survey shows.

Michael Bow's take on Warks cash flow

UK - Scheme sponsors are increasingly transferring property to insurance companies in risk reduction deals as insurers develop innovative ways of taking on scheme liabilities, experts say.