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MN has restructured its senior team for the second time in a month following a number of senior departures at the business.

Pension funds still have "clout" in UK equity markets, despite holding a dwindling proportion of UK shares compared with foreign investors and institutional asset managers, according to the National Association of Pension Funds.

The latest Hyman's Robertson FTSE 350 accounting survey reveals firms are using an increasingly wide range of discount rates and inflation assumptions to calculate liabilities. Here are the key findings in full.

More than one-third of private sector employers support the government's view on guaranteed minimum pensions requirements, a JLT Benefit Solutions study shows.

The Financial Services Authority has reduced the deficit in its defined benefit pension scheme by £7.4m in the past year.

Partnership expects to complete a medically underwritten bulk annuity deal within the next few weeks in a transaction believed to be the first of its kind.

The widening range of inflation assumptions and discount rates used in pension scheme accounting could cause a headache for investors, warns a consultant.

The UK's inflation rate posted another surprise drop in May, falling to 2.8%, as the lack of activity in the UK continues to bring prices down sharply.

The current crisis in Spain will result in Spanish bank bondholders taking severe haircuts, after a similar scenario in Ireland last year, Henderson Global Investors says.

The High Court has ruled against a consortium of 38 Lehman Brothers subsidiary companies fighting to be excluded from financial support directions by The Pensions Regulator.