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The Pensions Trust has appointed Adam Gregory as investment officer.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for benefits such as free television licences, winter fuel payments and bus passes to be taken away from wealthy pensioners.

Controversial plans for a ‘pensions for mortgages' scheme could be in place by Easter, according to pensions minister Steve Webb.

Towers Watson is developing its risk management modelling software in order to make it compatible with Microsoft Windows Azure, the computing firm's cloud platform.

A Financial Ombudsman Service executive has urged insurers to "embrace, encourage and celebrate" complaints, arguing they need to plan for imperfections.

The Greater Manchester Pension Fund has agreed to invest £25m to build 244 affordable houses across Manchester.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has called on the UK pensions industry to throw its weight behind his campaign against Solvency II and the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision directive.

RM intends to more than double deficit contributions to its defined benefit scheme after closing it to future accrual later this year.

Local authority funds have called for an independent platform or ‘clearing house' on which they could access local investment opportunities, a Smith Institute study says.

Moves from institutional investors out of UK gilts and corporate securities and into short-term investments and overseas securities slowed in the second quarter of the year.