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Here they are - the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2011

Defined benefit schemes will be given free reign to change their accrual rates to offset the costs of scrapping the contracting-out rebate, PP has learned.

Buried deep in the text of the UK's National Budget was a legislative change resulting from a simplification of the pension system that had the industry in a tizzy.

The abolition of contracting-out has led industry figures to predict, again, the end of DB schemes in the UK, as Michael Bow reports

The Budget rings an effective death knell for private sector provision, argues Michael Bow

The government has hinted at cutting employer tax relief on asset-backed contributions to defined benefit pension schemes.

The planned £50,000 annual allowance for tax free pension contributions has been confirmed in Budget documentation.

The Hutton Report has been welcomed by the industry, which claims it could increase pensions for the low paid, but left unions warning of industrial action.

UK - PwC has launched a bulk de-risking solution for employers sponsoring defined benefit schemes.

PwC has launched a bulk de-risking solution for employers sponsoring defined benefit schemes.