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Investment and law firms have the highest median gender hourly gender pay gaps out of nearly 100 pension-related firms reporting, James Phillips writes.

Held rates at 0.5%

Respondents believe another rate rise is question of when, not if.

This week we want to know when you think the next UK base interest rise will occur and if investment consultants should take the lead on driving up cost disclosure.

The Bank of England's (BoE) decision to increase interest rates for the first time in over a decade has been welcomed by the industry, yet the move will only be "symbolic" for most defined benefit (DB) schemes.

The collective deficit of defined benefit (DB) schemes fell 28% over the month according to the Pension Protection Fund's 7800 index.

Up from 2.6%

Interest rates may increase faster in the future than financial markets have priced in, the Bank of England's (BoE) deputy governor has said.

Inflation is on the rise but how can schemes deal with this? Lynn Strongin-Dodds takes a look at the options.

The Treasury select committee is to investigate how low interest rates and quantitative easing have impacted the economy since 2008.