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Brewer Greene King has launched a campaign to encourage its 16,000 staff to give up smoking before it is banned in indoor public spaces in July.

Tax chiefs are being urged to redefine lifetime allowance tests which are putting disproportionate administrative burdens on pension schemes.

ASSETS under management at Franklin Templeton Investments rose by 16.5pc to $564.7bn (£291.35bn) during 2006, preliminary results reveal.

THE £3.6BN LONDON Pensions Fund Authority has hired Vanessa James as its new investment director.

Employers have broken ranks with the pension industry over contribution caps on the government's proposed personal accounts.

Closer links between companies and shareholders has given the UK the lowest level of opposition to executive pay in the world, a new report shows.

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MELLON Group has roundly beaten its new partner the Bank of New York in consultant R&M's latest global custody survey.

Nine out of 10 workers think pensions should be made easier to understand, research by B&CE Benefit Schemes shows.

THE £2BN Devon County Council Pension Fund has launched a review of it custody arrangements in a bid to consolidate its provider line-up.