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The combined deficit of all UK schemes increased by £150bn last year to reach a total of £550bn, research by Xafinity shows.

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 Trustee of the Nortel Networks UK Pension Plan and the Pension Protection Fund have been left empty-handed after an international mediation failed to settle the dispute over the assets of collapsed telecoms giant Nortel Networks Corporation.

HMV's administrator has submitted section 120 forms to the Pension Protection Fund despite the purchase of its debt by Hilco.

The Pension Protection Fund is to set up three new panels in a bid to speed up its assessment and wind-up processes.

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform will not open to smaller pension schemes until mid-2013, after delays pushed back the fund's launch date.

For years, Australia's superannuation funds have collectively invested in infrastructure deals. Simon Mumme asks what their experience can teach UK pension funds joining the Pension Infrastructure Platform.

Jack Jones focuses on the latest round of high street insolvencies.

The government is considering relaxing a black-and-white definition of "money purchase" to avoid shifting the goalposts on defined contribution schemes with guarantees, according to experts.

The Pension Protection Fund has appointed chief financial officer Andy McKinnon as an executive director to its board.