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Today's Budget announced contracting-out for defined benefit schemes would be scrapped as part of the move to a single tier state pension.

GLOBAL - Towers Watson has appointed Rory O'Brien as global risk consulting and software leader following the departure of Steve Taylor-Gooby after 25 years at the company.

A quarter of blue chip companies now only offer defined contribution pension schemes to their staff, Towers Watson research reveals.

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SEI has bolstered its fiduciary management capabilities with the three senior appointments in its liability-driven investing, corporate finance and risk management teams.

Hutton recommendations will not necessarily reduce the level of income in retirement for the majority of members, actuaries say.

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

Following the global crash's punishing exposure of over-correlated investments, Emma Cusworth looks at how UK schemes have diversified to de-risk their portfolios

Jonathan Stapleton assesses industry reaction to the Treasury’s annual allowance option plans