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A judge has ruled that QinetiQ has the right to switch to using the Consumer Prices Index to calculate future pension increases.

Professor John Kay has given the strongest indication yet that he will advise the government to intervene in the structure of the asset management industry.

Smiths Group saw its deficit more than double from £199m to £459m over the six months to January, driven by a 50 basis point drop in its discount rate.

The Pensions Regulator has updated its e-learning programme in order to make it easier for trustees to meet knowledge and understanding rules.

Friends Life has launched a customer panel made up of 500 members of its corporate pension schemes in a bid to further improve its service.

Trustees risk seeing their Pension Protection Fund levy rise by "millions" if they do not focus on the type of guarantee given by scheme sponsors, Mercer warns.

Pension funds are uninterested in the chancellor's rumoured 100-year gilt issue and have called for other maturities instead.

The pensions industry has welcomed the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills' (BIS) proposals to tackle excessive pay through increased shareholder influence.

Liquidity constraints and policy risks in overseas farmland investments are hampering more allocations to the asset class, delegates heard.