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Defined benefit pension schemes operated by small businesses are now virtually extinct with 91pc closed to new entrants, an Association of Consulting Actuaries survey shows.

Bellway faces shareholder revolt; BarCap predicts slump in hedge fund industry

Friends Provident is simplifying its fund choice for company pension schemes.

FRANCE - Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management (CASAM) has launched 10 new ETFs products on Euronext, increasing the total number of ETFs it has launched in 2008 to 21.

AUSTRALIA - Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, has urged Australians to find lost superannuation accounts.

FTSE100 pension schemes have seen asset values slump by £65bn during 2008, research by Deloitte reveals.

TRUSTEES of the HBOS Final Salary Pension Scheme have asked a court to delay the takeover of its sponsoring employer by Lloyds TSB.

UK - Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes operated by small businesses are now virtually extinct with 91% closed to new entrants, an Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) survey shows.

UK - Trustees of the HBOS Final Salary Pension Scheme (FSPS) have asked a court to delay the takeover of its sponsoring employer by Lloyds TSB.

GLOBAL - Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management (CASAM) has launched 10 new ETFs products on Euronext, increasing the total number of ETFs it has launched in 2008 to 21.