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Strong asset gains and the closure of defined benefit schemes have made pensioner buy-in prices their most attractive since 2008, according to LCP research.

Heath Lambert Employee Benefits now offers a workplace self-invested personal pensions and ISA from Wealth at Work on its benefits platform.

UK - JLT Pension Capital Strategies has started a dedicated de-risking service to help sponsors and trustees efficiently work towards a pre-agreed defined benefit exit strategy.

AUSTRALIA - the government has outlined the final terms of how an A$55m levy will be raised on regulated superannuation funds to recompense superannuation fund members who lose money due to the collapse of an investment manager.

AUSTRALIA - The Sunsuper superannuation fund has awarded a A$700m mandate for domestic equities benchmarked to an index that measures the impact of capital gains tax (CGT) upon the performance of the largest 300 listed companies.

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UK - Hard bargaining and encouraging competition helped institutional investors hiring managers save over a quarter on the fee levels they were initially quoted last year, research shows.

US - Institutional investors are increasingly turning to commodity trading advisers following a historical reluctance to do so, Agecroft Partners believes.

BlackRock has sharpened its focus on the defined contribution market with the appointment of a head of pensions administration services to develop its DC administration proposition.

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