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The length of time it takes companies to repair defined benefit scheme deficits continues to increase, data from The Pensions Regulator shows.

It is wrong and "possibly illegal" for trustees to fully embrace The Pensions Regulator's stance on enhanced transfer value exercises, Raj Mody says.

ASIA - Some 86% of Asia-Pacific fund managers believe the introduction of an investment passport is important for the region, research shows.

PwC; Mercer; SWIP; Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec; Aviva Investors; Canada Life Investments; HSBC

PricewaterhouseCoopers has raided the employee roster of rivals firms including Mercer and Towers Watson to appoint ten new senior employees to its pension advisory service.

Scheme funding arrangements driven by special purpose vehicles are gradually becoming more accessible to smaller firms, consultants say.

UK - PricewaterhouseCoopers has been forced to undertake an exhaustive review of its client base after the Financial Reporting Council discovered it was acting as auditor to a company while providing actuarial services to its defined benefit pension scheme....

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been forced to undertake an exhaustive review of its client base after the Financial Reporting Council discovered it was acting as auditor to a company while providing actuarial services to its defined benefit pension scheme....

UK - PricewaterhouseCoopers is to close its two defined benefit pension schemes to future accrual from next April.

Contingent assets have been used in scheme funding arrangements in the UK for some time, but how popular are they overseas? Chris Panteli finds out.