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ETF Securities' assets under management have grown by 25pc to more than $2.9bn (£1.48bn) in the past six weeks.

More than eight out of 10 workers think the outbreak of the norovirus vomiting bug is the perfect excuse to "pull a sickie", a survey reveals.

The public sector will be forced to scrap final salary schemes and switch to money-puchase plans, BlackRock's head of defined contribution sales predicts.

PETER HAIN has quit as work and pension secretary after the Electoral Commission decided to refer the matter of £103,000 of donations to his deputy leader campaign to the police.

Imminent changes to ill-health pension requirements under the Local Government Pension Scheme could lead to more lawsuits from dissatisfied members, a lawyer warns.

Sovereign wealth funds - assets held by governments in another country's currency - could have a major effect on UK equities this year, Credit Suisse believes.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Pension Fund has received 68 applications for four member-nominated trustee posts.

Aegon and Zurich have taken minority stakes in Seven Investment Management, which has become the first platform provider to gain London Stock Exchange membership.

Pension schemes suffered the largest ever single daily increase in FRS17 deficits on Monday as global stock markets plunged, consulting firms calculate.

US - Philadelphia faces a pensions timebomb as massively under-funded liabilities and rising costs could derail the city's financial plans, according to a report by Pew Charitable Trusts.