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The government should move public sector pensions to a funded model to create a £30bn a year ‘sovereign wealth fund' to invest in long-term projects, argues a Conservative backbencher.

The drop in inflation announced yesterday has paved the way for the Bank of England to begin another round of quantitative easing as early as next month.

The number of schemes reporting fraudulent activity has increased by nearly 60% over the past 12 months, Baker Tilly reports.

Here they are... Some of the best pictures from the Professional Pensions Investment Conference 2012, held at Dexter House on Wednesday last week.

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.