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The active/passive debate surrounding the effectiveness of both investment styles continues to be contentious and has our panel split down the middle.

The Financial Services Authority is proposing extending the eligibility to make Financial Services Compensation Scheme claims to corporate trustees of occupational pension schemes where the sponsoring employer is ‘large'.

Brussels hands EU pension funds OTC reprieve; Life expectancy calculations ease pension liability picture; Heineken stands accused of reneging on pension promise; Vince Cable warns unions against widespread strikes

Two-thirds of FTSE350 firms use lower levels of inflation than the market to calculate pension accounts - shaving £7bn off deficits, a survey shows.

CANADA/NORWAY - A consortium of investors including the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has agreed to acquire a 24.1% stake in Norway's Gassled Joint Venture.

The government could respond to planned industrial action over public sector pension changes by strengthening anti-strike laws, business secretary Vince Cable has warned.

UK - Only 15% of pension schemes have 50% or more inflation-linked assets matching their liabilities, suggesting most are structurally underhedged, research shows.

Unilever employees are staging a demonstration in Warrington tomorrow over the firm's plans to close its £5.5bn final salary scheme.

Aviva, Northern Trust, Schroders, Prudential Financial, American Century Investments

Only 15% of pension schemes have 50% or more inflation-linked assets matching their liabilities, suggesting most are structurally underhedged, research shows.