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Plans to scrap pensions tax relief for higher earners are back on the table ahead of next month's Budget, according to reports.

Barnett Waddingham has opened an employee benefits practice in the North West to advise businesses in the area on defined contribution arrangements and benefits packages.

IBM will reduce its trustee membership from 12 to nine as voting opens on Monday (20 February) to elect three member-nominated trustees - one fewer than in previous elections.

Combined UK defined benefit deficits improved by £5bn to total £265bn at the end of January, latest figures from the Pension Protection Fund show.

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The UK inflation rate fell to 3.6% in January, down from 4.2% in December, official figures show

Solvency II could push insurers into alternative assets as firms search for a high yield, according to a BlackRock poll.

Pitmans Trustees has made two appointments to its regional offices.

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A government committee has trashed the use of corporate bond yields to calculate public sector pension liabilities due to the "continuing instability" of annual discount rates.