Top company directors pensions' have increased 23% in the past 12 months and can reach £250,000 a year, the Trades Union Congress claims.

The Personal Accounts investment discussion paper received more than 60 industry responses which will help form its final package of advice to the trustee board.

Unite has called on The Pensions Regulator to investigate the transfer of the Visteon scheme to the Pension Protection Fund.

Tim Jones has hit back at industry fears about the potentially "unfettered power" of the personal accounts trustee board.

More than a quarter of trustees have increased the frequency of covenant reviews to more than one a year as the risk of corporate failure grows, Mercer says.

David Seaton was this week described as a "great ambassador" and a "true gentleman" by friends and colleagues following his death.

Rowanmoor Pensions has paid tribute to joint managing director David Seaton after coroners identified his body.

The aggregate funding position of the 7400 defined benefit pension funds monitored by the Pension Protection Fund worsened to a deficit of £173.2bn in August.

Unison is considering making changes to its defined benefit scheme but has committed to keeping a viable final salary pension for staff, the union confirms.

People with no retirement savings could be forced to work until they are 86 if they want to achieve two-thirds of their final salary, Standard Life says.