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EUROPE - The pension plans of the world's largest multinationals have fallen further into deficit despite record company contributions, new research shows.

Diversified growth funds are too correlated to equity markets and do not offer defined contribution investors the diversification they need, an asset manager says.

Falls in liabilities relating to the shift from RPI to CPI for scheme indexation will shrink dramatically after the Office for National Statistics said it would include housing costs in the measure, industry experts say.

Michael Bow explains how behavioural science can improve the value of DC communications

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This week, letters from Mark Nicoll, investment partner at LCP and trustee and investment committee chairman, David Northcroft

Insurers will be forced to increase buyout prices in the medium term unless CPI-linked instruments are issued in the coming months, Punter Southall says.

LCP has promoted five of its consultants to partner in its pensions and insurance practices.

LCP has hired Andy Cheseldine from Hewitt to expand its defined contribution service team.

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