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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 - Barnet Council pension scheme is set to liquidate its £23m ($37.4m) real estate portfolio after integrating the fund's property strategy into a diversified growth fund.

Buried deep in the text of the UK's National Budget was a legislative change resulting from a simplification of the pension system that had the industry in a tizzy.

The abolition of contracting-out has led industry figures to predict, again, the end of DB schemes in the UK, as Michael Bow reports

UK - More than one in ten large UK schemes has suffered fraud over the past two years, with member transactions the most vulnerable area for fraudulent activities, research suggests.

UK - Pension scheme liabilities ‘held fast' at £1.4trn ($2.2trn) last month as market conditions remained relatively calm, figures from Xafinity Corporate Solutions show.

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UK - The government could be forced to subsidise the National Employment Savings Trust to the tune of £379m ($606m), European Commission documents show.

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.

Hermes Fund Mangers explains how the general move towards de-risking, the increased reliance on risk models and the increasing love of complex investment strategies may actually be some of the biggest risks facing schemes today.