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GLOBAL - Investor confidence declined by 10.8 points in Europe during December amid growing concerns around sovereign debt and the euro, research by State Street reveals.

Deficits for defined benefit pension schemes fell in 2010 but schemes still have some way to go to reach the funding levels of 2008, latest figures show.

Smaller firms' defined contribution scheme contributions are failing to keep pace with the increasing cost of pensions, Association of Consulting Actuaries research shows.

US - Mercer has completed its acquisition of US investment consultant Hammond Associates for an undisclosed sum.

US - A group of Ohio and New York public pension funds have been granted lead plaintiff status in a securities class action against BP.

In the second part of our run-down of the top 20 most read Professional Pensions Online news articles in 2010, we look at the 10 most popular stories of the year.

Ministers feared a 1980 plan to cut state pension by 3% would cause riots, papers released today by the National Archives reveal.

In the first part of our run-down of the top 20 most read Professional Pensions Online news articles in 2010, we look at those in eleventh to twentieth place.

More than 2 million people who are already over the age of 50 will reach their 100th birthday, latest Department for Work and Pensions analysis reveals.

Thousands of scheme members with small personal pension pots are being "trapped" by poor annuity rates or lack of access to the market, Malcolm McLean says.