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Broadcaster and former Conservative cabinet minister Michael Portillo will host this year's Pension Scheme of the Year Awards.

The total surplus of FTSE100 pension schemes has risen to £22bn despite ongoing upheavals in financial markets, accounting giant Deloitte claims.

FRIENDS Provident has launched a new bond offering a flexible lump sum investment vehicle with access to a broad range funds.

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Financial services giant State Street is freezing its final salary pension scheme and switching all workers into an "improved" 401(k) plan instead.

Members of defined contribution schemes must become more aware of their pensions to ensure they make sufficient provision for retirement, The Pensions Regulator warns.

Trustees should use mortality data from comparable schemes to assess their own longevity costs, Punter Southall says.

The Pension Protection Fund is considering introducing a different levy premium on schemes to reflect normal and "catastrophe" risk.

The trial of a group of businessmen accused of stealing around $140m (£70m) from pension fund surpluses is due to start in South Africa.

IRELAND - Poor third quarter returns have been dismissed as a blip by a senior Irish industry figure. Figures by Rubicon Investment Consulting showed an overall negative return of -3.3% over the ten Irish managed funds in Q3 of 2007.