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Government plans to consolidate small pension pots are "impractical" and risk "damaging retirement savings, a broad coalition of organisations argues.

Redington has appointed John Towner as director of its consulting team and Aniket Das as an actuary in its manager research team.

Britain is among eight governments which have signed a letter saying they are "very concerned" that the cost of European Union pensions will rise to £2bn a year by 2045.

The Australian government passed the law last week to establish a trans-Tasman retirement savings portability scheme.

IBM has lost a rectification case in the High Court which will cost the computing giant £100m.

Local authority pension funds and other major shareholders will propose the appointment of an independent chairman at News Corporation.

The PP Real Estate and Infrastructure Focus is a half-day conference developed to help pension fund investors gain a better understanding of real estate in the current economic environment.

The UK pension system has been ranked seventh in a Mercer study ahead of the USA, Germany and France.

The Falkland Islands government has appointed Punter Southall and Callund Consulting to carry out the actuarial valuations for the two schemes.

The Pension Protection Fund has appointed Hermes Equity Ownership Services as its voting and engagement advisor.