UK - The three main political parties' manifesto pledges on pensions have been dismissed as "bland" with no commitments and saying "nothing explicit" by the PP Pensions Commission.

JLT Benefit Solutions is planning to make at least 15 people redundant from its St Albans office.

UK - The pension industry should engage more with people on how much they invest into their pension pot rather than focusing on the specific investment advice, industry figures said.

PensionDCisions and FTSE Group have teamed up to created the first objective benchmark for the UK's defined contribution pensions market.

Advisers will be able to source whole of market enhanced annuity quotes for clients with the development of The Annuity Health Form from Annuity Exchange.

The department for work and pensions' proposals to enable Pension Protection Fund compensation to be shared in the event of divorce will place administrative strain on the PPF, a consultant says.

In the second of PP's Pensions In-Depth Interviews, Sebastian Cheek talks to Telegraph Media Group pensions manager James Churcher about the Investment Governance Group and DC governance

Simon Lawrence has left JLT Actuaries and Consultants to set up his own independent consulting firm.

The Pension Protection Fund and Visteon UK scheme trustees have filed a $550m (£350m) claim against US Visteon Corporation to recover money for the fund.

US/UK - The Pension Protection Fund and Visteon UK scheme trustees have filed a US$550m claim against US Visteon Corporation to recover money for the fund.