UK - The Barclays UK Retirement fund has launched its own asset management company to give its in-house investment team more flexibility around investment decisions.

The Barclays UK Retirement Fund has launched its own asset management company to give its in-house investment team more flexibility around investment decisions.

UK/US/CANADA - A financial support direction issued by The Pensions Regulator against insolvent companies is an expense of the administration and must be complied with, the High Court has ruled.

A financial support direction issued by The Pensions Regulator against insolvent companies is an expense of the administration and must be complied with, the High Court has ruled.

The ongoing pensions dispute between BBC and unions looks set to end after the National Union of Journalists has agreed to terms secured at ACAS.

UK - The government has announced it will introduce legislation in the Finance Bill 2011 to reduce the annual allowance from £255,000 ($402,000) to £50,000 and the lifetime allowance from £1.8m to £1.5m.

The government has announced it will introduce legislation in the Finance Bill 2011 to reduce the annual allowance from £255,000 to £50,000 and the lifetime allowance from £1.8m to £1.5m.

The National Association of Pension Funds believes there is an "interesting piece of work" to be done in the area of risk sharing, its director of policy says.

Poor service is the ‘real scandal' in pension provision not the type of scheme, Johnson Fleming says.

Atos Origin has chosen BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide custody services for its three UK-based pension schemes worth £685m.