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All FTSE 100 DB schemes 'to close within decade'All defined benefit pensions schemes at FTSE 100 companies could be completely closed within ten years, according to a survey from Towers Watson. 31 May 2013
LPFA calls for pooled pension fundsThe London Pension Funds Authority has repeated its call for mergers of council pension funds following the publication of two surveys suggesting that fees are excessive in the sector 29 May 2013
Bernardino wants industry levy to help fund EIOPAEurope's insurance and pensions industries should have to pay a levy to help fund a stronger, more interventionist European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, the chair of the regulatory body has said. 28 May 2013
Employer awareness of pensions auto-enrolment at 98%Almost all company directors are now aware of the requirement to automatically enrol their staff onto a pension scheme which they then have to contribute to, according to research published by the Institute of Directors today. 24 May 2013
Council pension schemes team up for £250m investment fundA group of five local authority pension schemes have announced plans to form a £250m investment fund which will back infrastructure projects boosting economic growth. 24 May 2013
Europe postpones 'Solvency II for pensions'The European Commission has dropped plans to introduce new capital requirements for pension schemes when it overhauls the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision Directive later this year. 23 May 2013
'Complex volatility' of Solvency II could put off investors, warns Moody'sIncreased volatility in the capital requirements being placed on insurers under Solvency II could make investors 'skittish', Moody's has warned. 23 May 2013
Motor insurance premiums 'fell £200m last year'`The combined value of motor insurance premiums written in the UK last year totalled £13.1bn, almost £200m less than in 2011, Deloitte revealed yesterday. 23 May 2013
One in seven 2013 retirees 'will entirely rely on state pension'One in seven people retiring this year will be entirely reliant on the state pension for their retirement income, with women especially dependent on the payouts, according to research published by the Prudential yesterday. 22 May 2013
Council pension fund mergers 'on the table' for restructureMergers of local government pension funds will be among the options considered when a consultation is launched later this year on a major restructuring of the Local Government Pension Scheme, it was announced yesterday. 22 May 2013

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Steve Webb: the pensions revolutionaryNick Mann meets Steve Webb, the government minister charged with managing massive changes in workplace and state pension provision