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UK - Andrew Meeson, the president of the Association of Tax Technicians, has stepped down from his post after being charged in relation to a £5m ($8m) pension tax fraud.

Andrew Meeson, the president of the Association of Tax Technicians, has stepped down from his post after being charged in relation to a £5m pension tax fraud.

Plan to ease £1.3 trn UK pension deficit; More pre-pack administration deals come under scrutiny of pensions watchdog; Companies cut men's life span; DB plans face new regulatory straitjacket

Some of the country's largest firms are ignoring the threat of increased member longevity and have failed to increase their assumptions, analysis of accounts reveals.

The Environment Agency Pension Fund and six local government pension schemes have cut their consultancy costs through an innovative collective procurement process.

Royal London Asset Management has appointed Grant Hadland as head of consultant relationships in its institutional business development team.

Sackers has hired two new solicitors to its expanding team of pensions lawyers.

NEST has signed up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing in a bid to boost long term investing and good corporate governance.

US - California governor Edmund Brown yesterday introduced a raft of state pension reforms that could introduce a hybrid scheme for new employees, increases the retirement age for new hires and increases pension contributions for all employees, among...

AUSTRALIA - The A$73.2bn ($78.2bn) Future Fund lost 2.9% in the third quarter, though moves to decrease equity exposures helped stave off more drastic losses.