BBC employees will be balloted on strike action after the broadcaster refused to withdraw proposed changes to the pension scheme, Unions say.

UK - The Pensions Regulator's determinations panel will decide in September whether or not to issue a rare financial support direction for Lehman Brothers Holdings forcing it to fund the legacy UK pension scheme.

The Pensions Regulator's determinations panel will decide in September whether or not will issue its third financial support direction - against the Lehman Brothers Group.

Unions have given the BBC until tomorrow to abandon its "pensions robbery" or else face a ballot on strike action.

UK - Unions have given the BBC until tomorrow to abandon its "pensions robbery" or else face a ballot on strike action.

The Pensions Regulator's strengthened guidance on transfer incentives is permeated by a "presumption of guilt", industry figures say.

Buck Consultants has made Mike Roberts executive managing director at the firm.

Blake Lapthorn has appointed Ian Flowers as a partner in its pensions team.

The combined deficit of the top 100 UK firms' defined benefit schemes has improved by £17bn over the last year, Pension Capital Strategies says.

UK - The Financial Reporting Council has published the first Stewardship Code for institutional investors in a bid to improve their level of engagement with companies.