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INDEPENDENT Myners compliance reviews should become best practice in order to force trustees to think more about the principles, financial services giant PricewaterhouseCoopers says.

UK - Linklaters pensions lawyers has noted the implications of the Pensions Regulator's report into the risks faced by Defined Contribution (DC) schemes.

ENTREPRENEURS think employee rights have gone too far and could strangle business, research by think-tank The Tenon Forum reveals.

Here they are - the winners of this year's UK Pensions Awards and the special 10th Anniversary Awards.

Tax simplification changes helped supermarket giant Tesco cut its final salary pension scheme deficit by £250m, the company's latest figures show.

THE £1.2bn North Yorkshire Pension Fund has appointed Mercer Investment Consulting as its investment consultant.

INVESCO plans to follow up the launch of three US-focused 130/30 funds with two new funds focusing on the global and European equity markets.

JPMorgan Asset Manage­ment has launched a range of pooled liability-driven investment funds for UK pension schemes.

UK - Watson Wyatt has described ‘Independent Compliance Reviews' proposed by the Treasury as a backward step in the principles-based approach.

THE government has blocked an amendment to the Pensions Bill that would have created a "lifeboat fund" for scheme wind-up victims.