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The £1.3bn Lancashire County Council Pension Fund is to increase the power of its investment panel in a bid to reach full funding.

Increasing public sector employee contribution rates is threatening a surge in opt-outs - putting Lord Hutton's call for affordable reforms at risk, a lawyer warns.

Schools switching to academy status could face higher pension contribution rates because they will no longer have the same degree of funding security as council run schools.

The European Union must forge stronger links with institutional investors to achieve its low carbon economy goals, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change says.

Cemlyn Foulkes assesses the interim report from Lord Hutton's Public Services Pension Commission from the standpoint of active and pensioner members of the Local Government Pension Scheme

The Conservative chairman of the Local Government Association has attacked coalition plans to hike council worker pension contributions warning the move would lead to mass opt-outs.

Treasury plans to increase public sector employee pension contributions by 3% could destroy the Local Government Pension Scheme, the London Pensions Fund Authority warns.

The £3.2bn Lothian Pension Fund has appointed Northern Trust as its sole custodian.

Scotland's local government pension scheme deficit has more than doubled from £3.8bn to £9bn since 2009, its spending watchdog says.

The £714m Shropshire County Pension Fund has appointed Aon Hewitt as its investment consultant.