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The Pension Protection Fund is set to move into absolute return strategies, asset backed securities and emerging market debt with the appointment of a specialist bond manager panel.

The Pensions Ombudsman has found in favour of Friends Life after a consumer had complained it misled him about the nature of its treatment of additional voluntary contributions.

Pension funds could be caught in the "side-winds" of new EU legislation that "ramps up the pressure" on data protection, lawyers warn.

The Pensions Management Institute has seen take-up of its Diploma in Employee Benefits and Retirement Savings soar to over 200 people since its launch in September.

The National Employment Savings Trust has appointed The Co-operative Asset Management as its responsible ownership partner alongside proxy voting agency Manifest.

ITV has launched an appeal against a decision by The Pensions Regulator ordered it to support the Box Clever Group Pension Scheme, which has a deficit of £62m.

Yesterday, the Department for Work and Pensions published the revised timetable of staging dates for auto-enrolment. PP rounds up industry reaction and looks at how the changes will help larger as well as smaller employees.

Leicestershire County Council Pension Fund has allocated £70m to two global infrastructure funds managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Industry Funds Management.

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Pension Corporation's David Collinson takes John Redwood to task