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British Polythene Industries has agreed to top up the contributions to its pensions scheme from an asset-backed funding partnership after its latest triennial valuation.

Deloitte has named Richard Slater as its new head of investment consulting across its UK business.

Standard Life has overhauled its corporate investment range, introducing default options specially tailored for auto-enrolment.

Communisis has set up an asset-backed contribution arrangement with its pension scheme after a raft of measures to cut its deficit were cancelled out by market movements.

European insurance firms are "campaigning" for pension funds' capital requirements to be regulated more like insurers to generate increased business for the insurance sector, a leading MEP says.

MPs have rejected calls to reintroduce the Retail Prices Index for pensions uprating in a debate triggered by an online petition which attracted more than 100,000 signatories.

The Pensions Regulator has released details of its involvement in the ground breaking Uniq Pension Scheme restructuring deal as the fund confirms its PPF assessment withdrawal.

The government's use of quantitative easing has given pension funds a boost, Bank of England economist David Miles claims.

Pension funds should not face the ‘exact same rules' as insurance companies under Solvency II but must be open to change, European Commissioner Michel Barnier says.