Expanding technology will help employers engage with their pension scheme as well as employees, delegates heard.

Prospect has written to the government to demand action on scheme valuations after the Bank of England announced a third wave of quantitative easing.

Plans to scrap pensions tax relief for higher earners are back on the table ahead of next month's Budget, according to reports.

Solvency II could push insurers into alternative assets as firms search for a high yield, according to a BlackRock poll.

Prime Minister David Cameron has warned of a pensions "apartheid" between the public and private sector if reforms are not pushed through for public sector workers.

Schemes face continuing uncertainty over the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, despite the publication of further regulations.

Institutional investor pressure has forced Cairn Energy to drop a £2.5m share reward for its chief executive.

National Association of Pension Funds chairman Mark Hyde Harrison has praised the government's red tape challenge, arguing it will help "rectify past mistakes".

Pensions minister Steve Webb has called for a middle-ground "defined aspiration" pension.

MPs have called on the government to protect company pensions during international takeovers following the on-going dispute between Heineken and Scottish & Newcastle scheme members.