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Hannah Brenton finds EU derivatives rules could push schemes to begin clearing

The National Association of Pension Fund's Pension Quality Mark has launched a multi-employer scheme and master trust benchmark to support firms in choosing a high-quality scheme.

In the latest of PP's series of Scheme Excellence interviews, Jonathan Stapleton talks to Allan Heron of United Utilities Pension Scheme about changes that have been made over the past year.

Companies must do more to link executive remuneration with long-term business performance, a report from Hermes Equity Ownership Services and the National Association of Pension Funds says.

Taha Lokhandwala looks at the options for smoothing discount rates

Latest NAPF figures show the rapid decline of private sector DB.

Quantitative easing has cost defined benefit schemes £90bn but smoothing may be "too little, too late", the National Association of Pension Funds warns.

Plans to give The Pensions Regulator a statutory responsibility to consider the affordability of recovery plans for sponsoring employers will make little difference, says the watchdog's chairman.

The Treasury should use the proceeds from winding up quantitative easing to prop up failing pension schemes and support the Pension Protection Fund, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

The closure of defined benefit schemes hit its fastest rate ever during 2012, with the proportion of open schemes falling from 19% in 2011 to 13% by the end of last year, National Association of Pension Funds figures show.