Government proposals to prevent the transfer of contracted-out benefits from final salary to money purchase schemes would be "contradictory, retrograde and unnecessary", Hargreaves Lansdown says.

TPR business delivery director June Mulroy explains why it is taking so long for some schemes to wind up

The current time it takes for pension schemes to complete the wind-up process is "Dickensian", The Pensions Regulator says.

The Pension Protection Fund has successfully guided the first scheme through the assessment period using its ‘assess and pay' programme.

The government would be "ill advised" to alter the discount rate to calculate the amount public sector employees pay into unfunded pension schemes, the Trades Union Congress says.

More than half of UK workers would sacrifice pay for a higher pension contribution by their employer, research by Aon Hewitt reveals.

UK - The £1.4bn ($2.3bn) Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London pension fund is looking at changing its benefits structure.

Three-quarters of local government pension experts back Lord Hutton's view there is a strong case for increasing employee contributions, National Association of Pension Funds research shows.

The National Union of Journalists has offered to suspend further strikes at the BBC after the broadcaster offered new talks in the dispute over pensions.

EUROPE - Cross-border passporting of schemes should be allowed between EU countries with similar social and labour law and pension systems, the Society of Pension Consultants says.