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NORTHERN Trust Global Investments has hired Scottish Widows Investment Partnership to manage more than £150m of assets in its flagship UK equity fund.

RAILPEN is to allocate at least £400m into hedge funds this year.

HR SOFTWARE solutions provider Computers In Personnel has launched a new flexible benefits package for employees in conjunction with Thomsons Online Benefits.

ROYAL Mail's efforts to plug its £6.5bn pension deficit face an in-depth investigation from the European Commission.

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SCHEME wind-up victims will find it difficult to get extra compensation from the government despite a High Court judgement in their favour, lawyers warn.

HBOS has paid £800m into its defined benefit pension scheme according to preliminary results released this week.

DEMAND for online valuations and dealing services from self-invested personal pension administrators is growing, platform provider Fundsdirect claims.

An initiative to encourage pension scheme members to plan ahead for their retirement has been launched by Friends Provident.

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