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The planned single-tier state pension will be at least £155 if the reform is introduced by the end of the parliament in 2015/16, forecasts show.

The government could be forced to subsidise the National Employment Savings Trust to the tune of £379m, European Commission documents show.

Deafblind UK has joined The Pensions Trust's multi-employer defined contribution Flexible Retirement Plan.

SWEDEN - AP4 has agreed to sell half its shares in property manager Dombron Stakeholders to pension provider AMF for SEK400m ($63m).

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US - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. has sold $594m of shares in Delphi back to the company but the impact of the deal on Delphi's pension benefits remains uncertain, the PBGC said.

The Uniq Pension Scheme, which owns 90% of its sponsor after a pioneering deficit for equity swap, may now sell the chilled foods manufacturer.

Defined benefit pension schemes wiped £93bn off their combined deficits in the last 12 months but the demise of final salary arrangements will not cease, JLT Pension Capital Strategies say.

US - State and local government pension fund assets rose by 5.5% in the last quarter of 2010 as stock market gains helped recoup losses incurred since the financial crisis.

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