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UK - The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) will diversify its assets to gain better returns while maintaining the same level of risk, the lifeboat fund said.

The aggregate funding position of the 7400 defined benefit funds monitored by the Pension Protection Fund improved to a deficit of £15.1bn in February.

UK/GLOBAL - The aggregate funding position of the 7400 defined benefit funds monitored by the Pension Protection Fund improved to a deficit of £15.1bn (US$22.6bn) in February.

The government should tackle the Pension Protection Fund's £1.2bn deficit by halting automatic increases in compensation payments, a consultant says.

Visteon pensioners will protest outside the Houses of Parliament at the end of the month over claims former parent company Ford broke promises to protect their pensions.

UK - Courts in Canada and the US have blocked The Pensions Regulator's attempts to seek £2.1bn (US$3.13bn) from Nortel Networks on behalf of the struggling UK pension scheme.

Courts in Canada and the US have blocked The Pensions Regulator's attempts to seek £2.1bn from Nortel Networks on behalf of the struggling UK pension scheme.

Tom Selby looks at The Pensions Regulator's refusal to allow Reader's Digest UK to avoid administration

Russell Investments has been appointed to a panel of investment consultants advising the Pension Protection Fund.

UK - A new batch of regulations could allow the unguaranteed part of the BT Pension Scheme to fall into the Pension Protection Fund, a lawyer said.