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It will take more than 20 years to recover pension fund deficits if contribution rates remain unchanged, Towers Perrin warns.

Age Concern and Help the Aged has backed calls from the work and pensions select committee to scrap the national default retirement age.

The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has appointed 10 new fund managers in a move to diversify its investments.

US - The trustees of the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS) have unanimously agreed to immediately suspend the use of placement agents, firms and middlemen in investments with the NYC Pension Funds, NYC comptroller William Thompson has...

"Overly prudent" trustees have increased ongoing funding targets by five percentage points, PricewaterhouseCoopers research reveals.

The Longevity Science Advisory Panel has been established to look at factors that could affect future life expectancy.

Mercer has created a range of global asset class research "boutiques" within its investment consulting business in a bid to compete with specialist providers.

Hymans Robertson has appointed Barry Mack to the new position of head of governance and plan management.

bfinance has completed a management buy-out which gives the management, led by founder and chief executive David Vafai, ownership of 100% of the company.