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Pension deficits increased more than 50% last year, but widening spreads between corporate bonds and gilts have masked an even greater deterioration in funding positions, argues Hymans Robertson.

Hermes BPK Partners has launched a portfolio protection solution for institutional investors with $275m (£177m) of investment.

Schemes are not appointing independent trustees because of concerns over cost, research reveals.

Construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall is the first company to sign up to B&CE's auto-enrolment compliant master trust.

Labelling firm Avery Dennison and whisky distiller Glenmorangie have signed up to use Mercer's workplace savings offering - taking its total number of clients to 25.

Institutional investor concern over hedge fund transparency is driving up risk management standards, leading the industry to become more "institutionalised", an SEI report finds.

Three firms have joined together to offer a one-stop liability management service for not-for-profit organisations that are admitted bodies to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

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The government has laid out how plans on schemes should go about equalising guaranteed minimum pensions.

More than half of people in Britain want to continue working past their pension age compared to just over a third in the rest of Europe, a European-wide study shows.