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The Pension Protection Fund and The Pensions Regulator has published the sixth edition of the Purple Book, setting out risks posed to pension schemes.

The Accounting Standards Board has laid out proposals to abolish the use of expected return on assets in scheme valuations.

Just one in 20 employers intends to use the National Employment Savings Trust for auto-enrolment, according to Punter Southall research.

Public sector pension reforms will have "little or no long-term saving for taxpayers" because improved accrual rates cancel out retirement age hikes, an independent study says.

The Department of Work and Pensions has admitted it significantly over-estimated the number of workers who will be auto-enrolled by the end of this parliament.

Friends Life has launched its corporate platform - offering a range of pension and savings accounts to employees and a management information system for employers.

Aviva Investors has restructured its business to focus more on fixed income, real estate and multi-asset investments for institutional clients.

The Pensions Regulator has released its reasoning for issuing a series of financial support directions to the ITV group over the beleaguered Box Clever Pension Scheme.

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Bond heavyweights have begun shorting UK gilts ahead of an expected correction, warning yields have reached ‘extreme' lows.