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Plunging gilt yields currently rocking scheme funding levels could accelerate the number of final salary schemes shutting down to existing members, a pension analyst predicts.

The Debt Management Office is considering launching index-linked gilts with a maturity of 50 years in October after the idea of a new batch of ultra-long bonds was proposed to investors.

US - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has announced plans to ease regulatory burdens faced by pension plan sponsors.

US - Institutional investors rebalancing their portfolios following recent market volatility have leaned towards investments in high-dividend equities, active emerging markets and selective commodities, officials at J.P. Morgan Asset Management find....

UK - Kent County Council has come under fire from campaign groups for investing £24m ($39m) of its pension fund portfolio in tobacco companies.

Pensions and Investment Research Consultants has advised Stagecoach investors to vote down a proposed executive remuneration package at the company's annual general meeting on Friday.

Kent County Council has come under fire from campaign groups for investing £24m of its pension fund portfolio in tobacco companies.

Henry Boot has seen its pensions deficit rise in the first six months of this year despite implementing a raft of changes in March to limit its liabilities.

UK/AUSTRALIA - Innes McKeand has left his post as head of equities at Aegon Asset Management to move to Australia.

Innes McKeand has left his post as head of equities at Aegon Asset Management to move to Australia.