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UK - Legal & General is investigating entering the longevity swap market in the first quarter of 2010.

Pensions deal to prevent dumping; Aviva remains upbeat despite 25% drop in UK sales

Less than one in five people would remain automatically enrolled in personal accounts when they are implemented in 2012, according to AXA.

The deficit of the Pension Protection Fund increased to £1.2bn in the 12 months to March, its annual report reveals.

Pensions trade bodies in the UK and US have agreed to share information they believe will help them strengthen defined benefit schemes.

Hymans Robertson has appointed James Entwisle as managing partner.

Legal & General is investigating entering the longevity swap market in the first quarter of 2010.

Punch Taverns has hired Hewitt Associates to provide it with administration and pensions manager support services.

Professional Pensions news editor Jenna Towler was awarded trade journalist of the year at the inaugural Society of Pension Consultants Journalist of the Year Award last night.

JAPAN - Mizuho Trust & Banking has broken into the top three largest asset managers in Japan, displacing State Street Global Advisors Japan (SSgA), a quarterly report by the Japan Pensions Industry Database showed.