The number of FTSE 250 companies providing final salary benefits to a large number of employees has fallen to just 15, Pension Capital Strategies says.

The Life and Longevity Markets Association has unveiled proposals for a standardised framework for longevity indices, to help facilitate market participants doing longevity transactions.

Market volatility has eroded annualised returns from direct investment in the FTSE 100 to 0.5% over the past ten years, MetLife Europe says.

Pension schemes are being more active in their implementation of liability-driven investment strategies, fund managers claim.

The pensions buyout market is likely to see more than £10bn of deals completed this year, Pensions Capital Strategies says.

UK - The pensions buyout market is likely to see more than £10bn ($15.6bn)of deals completed this year, Pensions Capital Strategies says.

The value of pensions in the UK continues to decline, despite growth predictions for the economy, Aon Consulting says.

Major plan changes to auto-enrolment in 2012 risk undermining the consensus on workplace pension reform, leaving another generation exposed to retirement poverty, the Trades Union Congress warns.

UK - Major changes to auto-enrolment in 2012 risk undermining the consensus on workplace pension reform, leaving another generation exposed to retirement poverty, the Trades Union Congress has warned.

Pension schemes with RPI hard-coded into their trust deed could fail to benefit from reductions in liabilities, pension experts say.