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Unions have claimed today's Office for Budget Responsibility report unfairly presents public sector pension liabilities.

Pension schemes are being ditched for cash supplements in the remuneration packages of FTSE100 chief executives, a study shows.

Pendragon has agreed a deficit reduction plan with trustees, giving its pension schemes an interest in a £35m Central Asset Reserve and cutting sponsor contributions by £46m over three years.

UK - Universities Superannuation Scheme chief investment officer ROGER GRAY gives SEBASTIAN CHEEK an overview of the scheme's investment strategy

CANADA/US - Apax Partners, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board have teamed up to purchase Kinetic Concepts in a $6.3bn deal.

More than 90% of scheme managers believe the government is right to back Hutton recommendations on public sector pension reform.

The Pensions Regulator should be given responsibility for policing enhanced transfer value exercises to allay political concerns on the issue, a lawyer says.

The Pensions Regulator believes it would be "very odd" for it to impose regulation on very small, member-directed DC schemes but said it still expects them to have good governance.

The former trustees of the BA Airways Pension Scheme have vowed to take the scheme to court over its controversial move to stop paying pensions in-line with RPI inflation.