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Multinational employers set up 33 new international pension plans over 2012 according to figures from Towers Watson.

Jack Jones examines higher than expected mortality rates

Employers who have reached their staging date or are preparing to go live in the coming months may be hit by the proposed simplification of auto-enrolment rules, industry figures have warned.

Institutional investors continue to diversify portfolios, tripling the number of global infrastructure mandates awarded over 2012, according to figures from Towers Watson.

The Actuarial Profession has revised down its life expectancy projections for older people after recording slower than expected improvements in mortality rates over the last decade.

Schroders has appointed Neil Walton as head of its institutional business development group.

UK schemes have been warned not to distort asset allocations to meet cash flow pressure from currency hedging strategies, after the pound suffered a weak January.

Hannah Brenton examines the latest figures on scheme assets

Taha Lokhandwala examines how much trustees are doing to test their own knowledge.

Towers Watson has appointed Jeremy Spira to its investment business' Thinking Ahead Group.