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Less than half of the industry thinks occupational pensions are seen by staff as their most important benefit, PP research reveals.

The £10m publicity drive for auto-enrolment could tempt council pension scheme members to opt-out and move into "inferior, cheaper alternatives", the Merseyside Pension Fund warns.

Independent trustees running the Telent Pension Scheme and a US-based government workers fund have seeded a subordinated debt fund managed by Cairn Capital with £39m.

More than a third of people have ceased making pension payments, according to research by Prudential.

UK - The £1.5bn ($2.3bn) Dorset County Pension Fund has appointed JLT Investment Consulting to help it select a new bond manager.

UK - Transition managers are more often being asked to help position portfolios to make them attractive for suitors on the other side of a buyout transaction, delegates at the Global Pensions Transition Management Forum heard.

Pension Corporation co-head of business origination David Collinson talks through the barriers to completing a buyout and how schemes can overcome them.

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Women's contributions to occupational schemes fell 5% in real terms over the last 12 months, despite average contributions rising in line with inflation.

Pensions deficits have become more affordable to blue chip companies despite almost doubling in size this year to £70bn, research finds.