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Towers Watson is developing its risk management modelling software in order to make it compatible with Microsoft Windows Azure, the computing firm's cloud platform.

Major consultants are advocating ‘multi-asset credit' strategies within pension scheme bond portfolios, which include active allocations across sub-investment grade debt.

Companies are factoring a possible eurozone break-up into their business plans, but are not taking the same steps for their pension scheme, a Towers Watson survey reveals.

Trustees should take a "beliefs-based approach" to investing that integrates sustainability concerns with long-term mandates, Towers Watson has said.

Legal & General has appointed Dominic Carpenter as sales director in its pension scheme insurance solutions team, increasing its capacity.

Pension fund growth fell below 2% in 2011 for the world's largest 300 pension funds, down from 11% a year earlier, research by Towers Watson says.

Enhanced annuity sales exceeded £1bn in the second quarter of 2012, according to research by Towers Watson.

Jonathan Stapleton, Editor at Professional Pensions, chairs a debate with expert comment from David Collinson, Pension Corporation; Mike Munro, CMS Cameron McKenna and Mark Duke, Towers Watson, which looks in detail at the reasons for the implementation...

A PPF update released today has shown an increase in scheme deficits from June to July this year, with the aggregate balance of schemes falling from -£267bn to -£283bn on the lifeboat funds' 7800 Index.

The UK pensions industry has reacted to a consultation on a proposed EU-wide pensions directive with unanimous condemnation.