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Stock exchanges are failing to promote responsible ownership and should change their listing rules to make companies publish sustainability reports, Aviva Investors say.

The law on pension input periods should be changed to stop a clash with the upcoming tax allowance alterations, actuaries say.

Trustees should interrogate their fund managers more to challenge the industry status quo on governance issues, the former city minister says.

Plans to exempt low-paid from contribution hikes could lead to higher earners paying 10% to 12% more, delegates heard.

Local government pension schemes will be encouraged to become venture capitalists under new government plans.

Lord Myners has branded advice to increase scheme fixed income allocations as "nonsense" and warned the bond market is an "enormous bubble which will burst".

Pension funds invested in Cadbury got value for money from the confectionery giant's acquisition by Kraft, its former chairman told delegates.

A large part of the industry has slammed the government's announcement preventing private sector schemes the power to override scheme rules enabling a shift from RPI to CPI indexation.

Rachel Reeves has attacked Steve Webb for "changing the rules of the games" in switching from RPI to CPI.

Michael O'Higgins has been named as David Norgrove's replacement as chairman of The Pensions Regulator.