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The government must consider regulating independent trustees to prevent another scandal like the £52m GP Noble fraud, lawyers say.

Greater Manchester Pension Fund has agreed to increase its new commitments to private equity funds by 25% every year to reach its strategic allocation benchmark.

The Treausry has confirmed occupational pension schemes will not be forced to comply with gender neutrality legislation when providing members with annuities.

Automatic enrolment will become the most expensive regulatory change imposed on businesses under the coalition government.

The Actuarial Profession has made "significant progress" in improving the way in which it regulates its members' activities, says the body set up to oversee it.

Just 5% of small to medium enterprises will use NEST as their sole schemed for auto-enrolment, according to Jelf Employee Benefits.

The government has unveiled plans to underwrite infrastructure investment to help get stalling projects off the ground.

The majority of pension providers and managers are failing to inform savers about 'hidden charges' which typically wipe £100,000 off pension savings, a think tank has said.

Schemes are using annual projections of investment ‘outperformance' of up to 1% to help ease their liability calculations, a Punter Southall survey reveals.

Employers are being too optimistic about the time it takes to prepare for auto-enrolment, with nearly one-third of firms hoping to prepare in less than three months, official research shows.