The Uniq Pension Scheme, which owns 90% of its sponsor after a pioneering deficit for equity swap, may now sell the chilled foods manufacturer.

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Measures to accelerate the equalisation of the state pension age have been slammed after amendments to the Pensions Bill to ease their impact were defeated in the Lords.

A basic state pension of £140 per week would be a genuine step forward, a former chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds and long-term campaigner says.

The government used Budget documents to restate its intention to "end the practice of disguised remuneration", including employer-financed retirement benefit schemes.

Threatened strike action at Ford has been called off after unions backed down following a row over future pension indexation.

The £1.6bn Environment Agency Pension Fund has cut the environmental impact of its equity investments by almost a third while still exceeding its benchmark.

The Insurance Society of Edinburgh has elected Paul Faulkner to serve as its president.

UK - Pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed that a single flat-rate pension is one of a range of options that will be explored in a green paper to be published shortly.

Uniq has completed restructuring after the deficit for equity deal which saw its pension fund take control of the company.