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Scottish Widows and B&CE have teamed up to offer a segmented auto-enrolment proposition for employers with diverse workforces.

National Association of Pension Funds chairman Mark Hyde Harrison has warned the European Commission that imposing Solvency II on pension funds could shut off the economic recovery.

Towers Watson has downgraded global ten to 15-year government bonds to "highly unattractive" - warning premiums can no longer compensate pension schemes for taking duration risk.

Shareholders like pension funds are operating in a "fuzzy" area between politics and the markets as major companies increase their lobbying efforts.

Shareholders should force companies to reduce executive pay, delegates heard.

Poor governance is a significant risk to hedge fund investments, USS co-head of responsible investment Daniel Summerfield told delegates.

The Pensions Regulator will be unafraid of making an example of non-compliant firms as the first wave of employers implement auto-enrolment this year.

The growth of long lease property funds could provide some shelter from rental volatility for pension scheme investors, argues KPMG.

Aiming to lose less on pension scheme asset investments will be more profitable than chasing index-based returns in an era of increasing deleveraging, Newton Investment Management say.

Schemes are leading a global charge into hedge funds boosting sector size nearly 260% in the last decade, a global survey by Deutsche Bank reveals.