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The European Commission (EC) has appointed Aon Hewitt to set up a multi-employer defined contribution (DC) scheme for researchers across 31 countries.

The pension industry has warned that the European pension regulator's proposed Holistic Balance Sheet (HBS) would have a detrimental impact on UK schemes.

A man in bankruptcy has retained his personal pension after a High Court judge decided he should not be compelled to hand it over under an Income Payments Order (IPO).

Seven out of ten defined contribution (DC) pot holders aged over 55 would prefer pensions to deliver a guaranteed income for life according to research published by the International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC-UK).

Buck Consultants have been appointed as administrators of Manchester Airports Group (MAG) £20m defined contribution (DC) scheme.

The vast majority of employers welcome shared parental leave and many have either put a new policy in place or are well on the road to doing so.

The Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF) is to publish a matrix showing how members are performing against its code of conduct.

There are still too many people in financial services who think they can "keep their customers where they want them" by quietly carrying on with old-style practices, Pensions minister Steve Webb has said.

Karen Tasker has been appointed head of Baker Tilly's pensions centre in Southampton.

A controversial proposal in draft EU pensions legislation would destroy the defined benefit (DB) cross-border scheme market, warns the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA).