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GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

UK - The Nortel/Lehman appeal case with The Pensions Regulator begins on Monday in the Court of Appeal, but sources predict it is destined for the Supreme Court.

UK - Cardano has been appointed as fiduciary manager for Pirelli's UK pension funds.

UK - The UK Government has announced public sector pension negotiations will continue on ‘scheme by scheme' basis in the future.

UK/AUSTRALIA - Investment management boutique J O Hambro Capital Management is to be acquired by Australian fund manager BT Investment Management (BTIM) in a £209m ($337m) deal.

UK - Doctors are urging local government pension schemes to ditch their investments in tobacco companies because they are "unethical" and lead to the death of thousands.

UK - The British Medical Association has challenged the government in the High Court over pensions paid to widowers by public sector schemes in a case which could cost the taxpayer £4bn ($6bn).

UK - MPs are set to undergo the same pensions reform as the wider public sector and have a new scheme imposed on them by 2015, it was announced yesterday.

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

UK - The former trustees of the BA Airways Pension Scheme have vowed to take the scheme to court over its controversial move to stop paying pensions in-line with RPI inflation.