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Trustees should resist the urge to cut communications budgets in response to evidence pensions are becoming less highly valued by employees, argues Capita Fiduciary Group.

The retail distribution review will "ratchet up" the professionalism of financial advisers, according to the Financial Service Authority's head of investment policy Peter Smith.

A code of conduct for corporate trustees is being "examined" by The Association of Corporate Trustees.

Increasing the state pension age could bring economic hardship to people in their early 60s, according to TUC head of campaigns and communications Nigel Stanley.

Auto-enrolment will be the "next catastrophe in the pensions industry", delegates at the Society of Pension Consultants conference heard.

MSCI has launched a tradable index, which is highly correlated to its flagship Emerging Markets Index but made up of just 50 of its largest constituents.

Fewer than half of investors believe their private equity managers are being transparent enough when it comes to divulging information, a survey finds.

Council scheme bosses slam cost-saving proposals as too complex for members

The Actuarial Profession has suggested scheme actuaries be barred from advising companies on funding but stopped short of proposing an outright ban on actuaries working for both trustee and sponsor.

Time is running out for high earners to protect themselves from a potential £100,000 tax hit ahead of changes to the lifetime allowance, Hymans Robertson warns.