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        • 2011
          • Updated information for employers
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          • Enabling good outcomes in DC pension provision
          • Regulator announces senior team portfolios
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          • Regulator clarifies role of audit in record-keeping
          • Good administration - how NISPI can help
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          • Regulator sets out strategic focus for next three years
          • Helping employers with automatic enrolment
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          • Fifth governance survey published
          • Regulator publishes annual report and accounts 2010-11
          • Enabling good outcomes in DC pensions: next steps
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          • Take action to identify your statutory employer
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          • Regulator issues report on Polestar Pension Scheme
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          • Mulroy to step down after seven years with regulator
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