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A dispute over the liability for local government pension scheme contributions has caused the breakdown of a Croydon Council procurement exercise.

Local government pension scheme investment regulations are overly prescriptive and ‘inhibit' funds' ability to invest effectively, according to industry lawyers.

The largest local authority pension fund in the country has appointed a suite of managers to a framework for fundamental indexation services.

Unions have attacked government plans to allow employers to change scheme rules without trustee consent.

UK inflation expectations yesterday hit their highest levels since the beginning of the financial crisis in September 2008.

Zurich has launched a master trust to compete in the auto-enrolment space.

Cookson Group (now Vesuvius) has hired Premier as third party administrator for its £500m defined benefit scheme.

The deadline to put names forward for the Pension Scheme of the Year Awards 2013 has been extended to Friday 29 March.

M&G's net inflows have reached record levels for the firm due to a single multi-billion mandate and a boost in fixed income performance, its full year results show.

The Pension Protection Fund has hired Barry Kenneth as its chief investment officer after it announced it may bring investment in-house from 2015.