Mike Taylor hits back in the row over merging local government pension funds

The industry has called on pensions minister Steve Webb to publish guidance on defined ambition schemes as the abolition of contracting out has been moved from 2017 to 2016.

The government has announced plans to put UK asset managers at the forefront of its mission to kickstart the economy, saying "opportunities abound" for the sector.

The government will implement the single tier state pension a year earlier than planned in 2016, Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced the government will extend its Equitable Life compensation payments to cover customers who bought with-profits policies before 1992.

The latest rumour circulating as Budget 2013 draws near is that George Osborne has his beady eye set on pension commencement lump sums.

As speculation over the budget intensifies, PP brings you the latest hints, tips and rumours.

As the Chancellor prepares to layout his 2013 Budget this afternoon, PP has rounded up the policy changes topping the industry's wishlist.

The Financial Reporting Council has been appointed a member organisation of the Accounting Standards Advisory Forum.

The average FRS17 funding level of university schemes has fallen from 81% to 77% in the year to 31 July 2012, Barnett Waddingham research says.