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Auto-enrolment will be the "next catastrophe in the pensions industry", delegates at the Society of Pension Consultants conference heard.

MSCI has launched a tradable index, which is highly correlated to its flagship Emerging Markets Index but made up of just 50 of its largest constituents.

Fewer than half of investors believe their private equity managers are being transparent enough when it comes to divulging information, a survey finds.

Council scheme bosses slam cost-saving proposals as too complex for members

Few companies are considering levelling down defined contribution arrangements for auto-enrolment, Aon Hewitt says.

The Actuarial Profession has suggested scheme actuaries be barred from advising companies on funding but stopped short of proposing an outright ban on actuaries working for both trustee and sponsor.

Time is running out for high earners to protect themselves from a potential £100,000 tax hit ahead of changes to the lifetime allowance, Hymans Robertson warns.

The National Exhibition Centre Group boosted its profits last year after saving £3.2m from closing its defined benefit scheme to future accrual.

Jeremy Cooper, author of Australia's Cooper review on superannuation, talks about his vision behind a lower-cost, more efficient pension system. He talks about the failure of traditional drivers of competition to lower prices in the financial services...

UK - Alliance Boots is leaving itself open to mis-selling claims from its thousands of pensioners after it offered to change the way their plans are paid, its former finance chief said yesterday.