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Confidence over the future prospects for scheme investments has plummeted over the last six months, Professional Pensions research reveals.

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Nationalist parties called on the government to "reverse its unfair changes to public sector pensions" in a bad-tempered debate in the House of Commons yesterday.

TI Group Pension Scheme has insured £150m of pensioner benefits in the firm's third buy-in since 2008.

Unilever employees will go on strike for the first time in the company's history tomorrow in protest against changes to their defined benefit pension scheme.

The Electricity Supply Pension Scheme has hired Capita Hartshead to run its central administration services, taking over from Electricity Pensions Services Limited.

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The groups that failed in a judicial review of the government's indexation switch intend to appeal the decision - a move which will lead to further uncertainty for schemes.

Jack Jones investigates asset-backed contributions