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The long-running legal battle over Turner & Newall's employer debt liability to the Pension Protection Fund has been resolved.

NETHERLANDS - SEI has announced it has won the mandate to act as fiduciary manager for the €1.5bn Bpf Meubel pension fund for the Dutch furniture industry.

The Pensions Regulator's extended powers could be unworkable because the government is pushing them through without debate, a lawyer warns.

The Pensions Regulators' e-learning trustee toolkit is not specific enough for smaller schemes, the Society of Pensions Consultants warns.

EUROPE - Jacqueline Lommen has been appointed to Hewitt Associate's pan-European consulting team as a senior international benefits consultant.

The third Professional Pensions Conjecture debate-chaired by Professional Pensions editor Len Roberts and including Pitmans Trustees director Andrew Gaspar, Ashurst partner Steven Hull and ACE European Group pensions specialist Emma Watkins -looked at...

US - The majority of retirement income for defined contribution (DC) 401(k) plans is generated by investment return, not contributions, according to research from Russell Investments.

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UK - The Swan Hill Pension Scheme has become the latest UK firm to opt for a pension buyout, selecting Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) for the deal.

More than a quarter of trustees with defined benefit pension schemes currently in deficit believe their funds will still be in deficit in ten years' time, according to Aon Consulting.