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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.

The groups that failed in a judicial review of the government's indexation switch intend to appeal the decision - a move which will lead to further uncertainty for schemes.

The National Grid pension scheme is to use PensionsFirst liability management technology to measure its £15bn UK pensions obligations more effectively.

Svitzer has boosted the take up of savings provision in its UK operations by 10% - after closing its defined benefit scheme and replacing it with a corporate wrap.

Local authority pension funds should start "dipping their toe" into social investment projects and allocating small portions of their portfolios to the asset class, delegates heard.

Institutional investors should "blur the line" of responsibility for equity investments and empower boards by trusting them more, a governance chief suggests.

DCLG head of pay and pensions indicates Treasury is prepared to merge savings with Hutton reforms.