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Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers to announce plans to strike; George Osborne urged to help pensioners over 20% inflation; Families 'paying hundreds to subsidise friends and relatives'

A 90% surge in interest rate hedging and a 14% increase in inflation hedging drove the value of scheme liabilities hedged in the third quarter of the year above £22bn, research shows.

Pension funds can change the face of modern capitalism if their investment and governance structures are fundamentally redesigned.

The government should retain a fixed revaluation rate of 4% calculating guaranteed minimum pensions for early leavers, the Society of Pension Consultants recommends.

More than half of Local Government Pension Scheme members, nearly two million people, will opt-out if government increases employee contributions, union research says.

Delays to ‘Fair Deal' changes are leading private employers to negotiate bad pension deals for new employees because of confusion over government plans, industry figures say.

The trust-based defined contribution landscape remains composed of a vast number of small schemes that do not offer "value for money", according to The Pensions Regulator.

J.P. Morgan has given Professional Pensions a limited number of tickets for the Heroes Rugby Challenge, which it is supporting, to be held at Twickenham on Saturday 3 December.

High paid civil servants back pensions actions; Public sector pension reforms: senior civil servants to strike; Private school teachers 'could quit' over pensions reforms; Francis Maude accused of trying to mislead people with 'personal smears' over pension...

Steve Webb has quashed speculation the Treasury could stop up rating pensions with price inflation and replace it with a lower figure next year to save money.