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Former US vice-president Al Gore has called on schemes to maximise long-term value by factoring sustainability into investment decisions and evaluating asset managers over a longer timeframe.

The Pensions Regulator has decided to publish more information on some of its interventions following industry calls for greater transparency.

Communications will need to stand out to get the message to members, delegates heard.

Three of the country's largest schemes are in "well-advanced" talks to join a suit against Lloyds TSB directors for misleading investors over the Halifax Bank of Scotland merger.

Communications need to take into account basic behavioural economics, delegates heard.

Financials, industrials, utilities and energy sectors could recover earnings growth in 2012 while IT incomes will suffer, an S&P Capital IQ analyst survey finds.

Lifetime allowance tax relief changes should be communicated to members through simple emails to stop people being shocked by the new regime, delegates heard.

Insolvent employers' pension debts could balloon under a landmark legal case on the use of annuity rates to calculate section 75 liabilities, a lawyer says.

Equities offer better returns above inflation than bonds, property or gold, according to a long run data study.

Pension funds will have to "revaluate riskier assets" due to persisting low bond yields and rising inflation, State Street Global Advisors say.