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Over two-fifths (41%) of Britons have not used all of their holiday allowance this tax year, according to a survey of over 1,800 UK workers.

Executive pay at financial institutions remains the most high-profile responsible investment topic, despite increasing interest in human rights, F&C Investments says.

Kingfisher has seen the funding level of its defined benefit (DB) scheme drop from a £71m surplus to a £29m deficit.

ShareAction has launched a campaign to allow pension scheme members to contact funds with concerns over pay policies in the businesses they invest in.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) upheld complaints against the Marks & Spencer Pension Trust in two cases involving retirement quotations.

The European Commission has shelved plans to relax the funding requirements on cross-border schemes, according to reports in the Financial Times.

The UK's headline inflation rate dropped to 1.7% in February, its lowest level since late 2009.

Individuals who have been on a zero-hours contract for at least 12 months should be given the legal right to switch to a fixed hours contract, a thinktank has argued.

The government is backing calls for more public services to be sold off and delivered by private companies owned by employees.

RPMI has appointed former Towers Watson managing director of Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA) Babloo Ramamurthy as a non-executive director to its board.