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LGPS Central has launched an active, multi-manager emerging markets equity fund.

This week's top stories include Amber Rudd remaining as work and pensions secretary, and the regulator carrying out seven criminal investigations into potential scams.

More than three-quarters of pensions and restructuring lawyers believe the regulator's 'clearer, quicker, tougher' approach is having an impact on their clients, a PwC survey reveals.

Now Pensions has launched an auto-enrolment (AE) cost comparison index to illustrate the long-term implications of fees charged by pension providers.

While Amber Rudd will remain in her job as secretary of state for work and pensions, the rest of Boris Johnson's cabinet has experienced a major shake-up.

Finance and insurance professional's employer pension contributions average 9.5% - the highest among 17 industries offering defined contribution (DC), according to Profile Pensions.

The government is consulting on merging the £0.5bn West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority Pension Fund (WMITAPF) with the £15.7bn West Midlands Pension Fund (WMPF).

Amber Rudd has not been moved out of her job as secretary of state for work and pensions amid concerns the pensions industry could have had its seventh politician in that office since the 2015 general election.

Kempen Capital Management has appointed Andre Keijsers as managing director in its UK office as part of business expansion.

Law Debenture has reported £5.1m in pensions revenue during the first half of this year, 9.3% higher than the £4.6m recorded in the same period last year.