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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.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) said it will monitor "suspiciously high" opt-out rates under auto-enrolment after MPs suggested some employers may force workers to leave the scheme.

Unions have claimed today's Office for Budget Responsibility report unfairly presents public sector pension liabilities.

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Trustees of Uniq's pension scheme - which owns 90% of its sponsor - have agreed to sell the sandwich maker for £113m to Greencore.

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US - State governments would be forced to report a net pension liability in their financial statements under new accounting proposals put forward by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).

The Work and Pensions Committee has launched an inquiry into auto-enrolment and the National Employment Savings Trust.

Threadneedle is preparing to take on the management of LV='s retail and institutional fund range.

More than three quarters of finance directors are in the dark about fines which could be levied on businesses for failure to comply with auto-enrolment regulations.