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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 - Standard Life has appointed Paul Matthews as chief executive of its UK business.

UK - The £3.3bn Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund has appointed Hymans Robertson as independent investment adviser to monitor and challenge the actions of its fiduciary manager, Towers Watson.

UK - Strong asset gains and the closure of defined benefit schemes have made pensioner buy-in prices their most attractive since 2008, according to LCP research.

UK - JLT Pension Capital Strategies has started a dedicated de-risking service to help sponsors and trustees efficiently work towards a pre-agreed defined benefit exit strategy.

UK - Hard bargaining and encouraging competition helped institutional investors hiring managers save over a quarter on the fee levels they were initially quoted last year, research shows.

The first anniversary of the Coalition government has marked a year of relentless pension reform. Helen Morrissey asks the industry whether these reforms have been successful

Helen Morrissey looks at the challenges faced by employers as the UK prepares for auto-enrolment

In the second of a three-part series on the sustainability of pensions in the UK, Con Keating, head of research at Brighton Rock Group, discusses the strength of private DB schemes

In February 2011 Danish pension fund ATP announced it was considering entering the UK market with an alternative to the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). Helen Morrissey talks to ATP's Morten Nilsson about the decision