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Higher long-term inflation expectations added £5bn to defined benefit scheme deficits in August, according to Mercer.

Directors' pensions are 24.4 times the size of the average occupational pension, latest TUC research reveals.

Only one sector of British industry has bucked the trend of declining workplace pension savings, DWP figures reveal.

Schemes have "some way to go" to meet December record-keeping deadlines, The Pensions Regulator warns.

Scott Wolle describes the importance of getting a solid portfolio design from the start.

Firms have just four months to take action to limit the impact of revisions to accounting standard IAS19, Aon Hewitt says.

UK pension schemes should minimise risk to their property portfolios by investing in long leases of 20 years or more to strong companies, Aberdeen Asset Management argues.

Robin Hames explains how a DWP proposal on auto- enrolment and European employees has reopened the debate on regulatory arbitrage.

The Pension Protection Fund is to clarify the way schemes should value property as a contingent asset, in the wake of an Ombudsman ruling against it.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has completed its first month of auto-enrolment in the UK - with 50% of non-members choosing to stay enrolled in the scheme.