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Pension funds hide £3.1bn costs, says study; Hush! It's a self-fulfilling prophecy

Local government secretary Eric Pickles has vowed to ban the practice of public sector staff retiring with large pension pots then returning to work on new deals.

Diploma is exploring ways to de-risk its defined benefit scheme through structured insurance products after completing a merger of four schemes into one.

Excessive trading is adding more than £3bn a year of hidden charges for UK schemes, according to research.

UK pension scheme assets under fiduciary management have reached £40bn, a study of the burgeoning industry reveals.

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The Department for Work and Pensions is set to spend £10m on communications to ensure auto-enrolment is a success, pensions minister Steve Webb says.

UK Coal has made changes to its two defined benefit schemes it says will cut service costs by 50% and agreed to review future accrual annually.

Companies should push their own pension schemes into adopting a long-term responsible investment approach, UKSIF says.