The Budget's message: get saving now; Equitable Life investors paid bonus to leave; Equitable Life savers get surprise pension boost; We will haunt MPs until they put this grave injustice right'

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.

Soft drinks company A G Barr's pension schemes have turned their £5.9m deficit into a £2.1m surplus under IAS19 over the last year.

Trustees of smaller defined benefit schemes are spending too much time debating manager selection and not enough time considering asset allocation, consultants say.

Funds eye debt in emerging markets; UK small caps poised for comeback; Budget move on gilts peg to CPI; The fine line between risk and return; Many fund managers remain reticent

Aon Hewitt's Oliver Rowlands is to leave the consultant after 25 years to work for rival Towers Watson.

Aegon Asset Management has appointed Jon Dadswell as head of institutional sales, as the firm looks to build on mandate wins for its asset allocation service.

Pensioners betrayed by the Chancellor; State pension age rises to 70 for anyone under 30; Budget has failed frozen-out pensioners, says expat

LV= Asset Management has appointed Ian Harvey to the newly-created position of head of institutional development as it looks to build its presence in the institutional market.

Budget highlights; Govt mulls plans for flat-rate state pension; Constant quest to navigate a labyrinth; Regular rises in pension age put on agenda; Pensions: Simpler format marks a 'turning point' in benefit; Budget 2011: Pensioners angry about flat...