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Barclays Corporate & Employer Solutions has announced the appointment of two new advisors to its recently launched Corporate Wealth Advisory Team.

UK companies need to take action to limit the impact of IAS 19, with only four months left until implementation, according to Aon Hewitt.

Around half a million people who are approaching the current state pension age are too ill to work, the Trades Union Congress says.

Prime Minister David Cameron is set to outline a series of measures designed to boost economic growth.

Kim Gubler Consulting has expanded with the appointment of former RPMI head of sales and marketing Lesley Carline.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has indicated more quantitative easing measures will be pumped into the US economy when it is needed to avert long-term damage, but his lacklustre speech failed to impress those seeking a firmer commitment.

Contributors to this week's Pensions Buzz were concerned the overhauled investment strategy at the Environment Agency Pension Fund could conflict with its trustees' fiduciary duty.

Proposed changes to the Takeover Code designed to give trustees more security could be "meaningless" when applied to hostile takeovers argues a lawyer.

The Confederation of British Industry and British Chambers of Commerce have each cut their 2012 UK GDP forecasts and called for the government to do more to prompt growth.

The government has promised it will only implement changes to tax legislation retrospectively in "wholly exceptional circumstances", after concerns were raised that it could damage the UK's reputation.