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Industry groups have warned that the government's proposals to increase the voting threshold on executive pay risk creating "activist minorities" of shareholders.

The Home Retail Group Pension Scheme has seen its accounting deficit jump from £7.5m to £115.3m over the last 12 months.

The Gartmore Pension Scheme has entered into a buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation to cover the liabilities related to all of the scheme's 600 members.

The pensions regulator's investigation into Scottish architectural firm RMJM is moving to resolution after the company paid its late employer contributions.

Large scale defined contribution schemes such as the National Employment Savings Trust could be run on a collective basis in future, the Pensions Policy Institute says.

Towers Watson said it has increased returns by persuading a selection of hedge fund managers to cut their performance fees.

Schemes are abandoning passive trackers in favour of multi-asset and target date funds, DCisions research claims.

Almost 40% of employees will opt out of auto-enrolment arrangements and 68% have little or no knowledge of the changes looming, Aviva claims.

Dexion Capital and Credit Suisse will float an insurance-linked security investment trust.

The Treasury select committee has launched an inquiry into corporate governance in the UK.