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ROYAL LONDON'S new life and pensions business fell 1pc last year to £1,903m, group results show.

UK - Pension schemes could have halved the degree of daily volatility experienced in January and ended the month in surplus by opting for investments such as diversified growth funds, according to Aon.

The search is under way for the Pensions Personality of the Year - and once again we are asking you, our readers, to decide the final shortlist.

US/AUSTRALIA - The New York State Common Retirement Fund and UniSuper have undergone senior staff changes.

THE LONG-TERM run-off of closed final salary pension schemes will be a "priority" issue in 2008, Sacker & Partners claims.

US - The introduction of new pension funding rules, part of changes in the Pension Protection Act (PPA) 2006, has been put back to 1 January 2009.

UK - Experts from around the world have been in talks with the UK's Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) to offer advice on the personal accounts system which will be introduced into the country in 2012.

A former firefighter claims his injury award pension benefits will be suspended unless he agrees to "illegal" data checks.

GLOBAL - Pension plans and hedge fund managers have united to produce the first collaborative guide to investing in hedge funds.

UK - Cllr Ian Greenwood has been appointed as chairman of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) following its annual general meeting on Wednesday.