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Further monetary policy tightening in China will send a strong cautionary signal to investors invested in both Chinese and emerging market equities, Standard Life Investments says.

Many employers are not prepared for auto-enrolment and remain dependant on paper-based processes to sign up new members, research shows.

Trustees and providers need to do more to educate members to shop around for an annuity, experts say.

The Professional Standards Body for Transfer Incentive Exercises has published the principles that will form the basis for its best practice charter for enhanced value transfers.

The European Court of Justice ban on gender-based insurance pricing will not have as great an effect on the pension transfer market as feared, says an industry body.

The government must give companies the information they need and stop moving the goalposts on auto-enrolment, according to one of the UK's biggest employers.

The UK pensions industry will see the emergence of more public sector defined contribution schemes in 2013, Fidelity predicts.

The Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund have rubber stamped a £3bn restructuring deal at Cattles, involving an innovative restructuring of the pension scheme.

Using UK economic growth as a barometer for public sector pension payments is "absolute nonsense" which will continue to underestimate costs, John Ralfe says.

Japanese equities are poised for a valuation increase due to improving global economic conditions and strong corporate fundamentals, Tokio Marine Asset Management predicts.