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US - The chief investment officer of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the nation's largest pension fund, said it will be difficult to hit its 7.75% target in the coming years.

The Pensions Regulator has awarded a £105m contract to Capita to support direct communications with employers on auto-enrolment.

UK - New developments within the transition management market are providing clients with more flexibility when moving assets than ever before, delegates at the Global Pensions Transition Management Forum heard.

Financial secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban has rejected AJ Bell's call to increase the limits on income drawdown.

DCisions and Friends Life have developed the Friends Life Workplace Savings Index to track the investment behaviour of more than 700,000 of its consumers.

CBI warns on pensions move

UK pension schemes should look outside the domestic inflation-linked gilt markets to the global bond markets to hedge risks and obtain higher yields, according to PIMCO.

F&C has continued the growth of its emerging market debt team with the appointment of Peter Svoboda as a product specialist.

Professional Pensions held a Conjecture debate on auto-enrolment yesterday. If you missed it, you can click here to listen to the debate in full...

A glut of private sector competitors to the National Employment Savings Trust could have a negative long-term impact on savers, an actuary warns.