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The government has begun consulting on how insurers can use gender as a risk factor after a European Court of Justice ruling said providers could not charge different premiums to men and women because of their sex.

TI Group Pension Scheme has insured £150m of pensioner benefits in the firm's third buy-in since 2008.

Unilever employees will go on strike for the first time in the company's history tomorrow in protest against changes to their defined benefit pension scheme.

The lack of transparency on charges has created a "pensions fog" that is deterring people from saving, a Conservative MP has said.

The Electricity Supply Pension Scheme has hired Capita Hartshead to run its central administration services, taking over from Electricity Pensions Services Limited.

Schemes are increasingly turning to liability-driven investment in volatile economic conditions, a poll of 100 pension executives has found.

The Pension Protection Fund has appointed a "reserve bench" of Liability Driven Investment managers.

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Pressure to prepare properly for auto-enrolment is mounting on employers and those who have not yet thought about it must act now, Fidelity says.

The Pensions Regulator will give trustees a "clear steer" on acceptable approaches to funding and recovery plans in the spring, Bill Galvin confirms.