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Closing a defined benefits scheme to future accrual is a simple way of derisking, but as Gill Wadsworth points out, it is far from a problem-free solution and not the only option worth considering

The move from defined benefit to defined contribution represents a huge transfer of responsibility from employer to employee, meaning member communication has never been more important, as Sebastian Cheek explains

While a return to the highs of the market's peak still look a long way off, Linda McKay of Hymans Robertson sees reason to be positive on property

Professional Pensions senior correspondent Giovanni Legorano interviewed BT Pension Scheme pension director Kevin O'Boyle at the National Association of Pension Funds conference last month

EEF head of employment policy David Yeandle talks to Jenna Towler about the rocky road of political consensus and how important it is for pension reforms to stay the course

Pension Protection Fund chief executive Alan Rubenstein speaks to Jonathan Stapleton about the lifeboat fund's annual report, its investment strategy and the risks it faces in the future

From October 2012, large, small and micro employers will have to comply with auto-enrolment pension legislation and The Pensions Regulator will be at the helm of the employer compliance regime. Jenna Towler talks to TPR programme manager Charles Counsell...

Fixed income covers an umbrella of investments and funds have been increasing their weighting towards it, as Sebastian Cheek reports

Emma Dunkley looks at how quant strategies have performed since the beginning of the sub-prime crisis, and considers how they are set to develop

Charlotte Moore looks at how investors are increasingly targeting the clean technology sector and how it can bring high returns