Asset manager Schroders and investment adviser SVG have announced the successful first closing of the Schroder Private Equity Fund of Funds IV at €200m (£135m).

The PENSIONS Management Institute has reported a significant rise in the number of candidates entering its associateship examinations.

Scheme failure to meet age discrimination deadlines is set to increase pension liabilities and administrative complexity, Hammonds warns.

Consultant Lane Clark & Peacock has launched a guide for trustees dealing specifically with disclosure requirements.

ASSOCIATED British Engineering is holding talks with trustees over severing ties with the defined benefit scheme during wind-up.

FTSE100 firms could clear any pension deficits within a year using discretionary cashflow but they would be making a mistake if they did so, KPMG warns.

Inflation for the over-75s is 29pc higher than the UK's headline rate of 2.4pc, latest figures from the Alliance Trust reveal.

ALLOWING protected rights to be invested into self-invested personal pensions could give the industry a £15bn boost, a leading provider claims.

UK/US - Sea Containers Ltd (SCL) is to appeal the decision made by the UK Pensions Regulator (TPR) in June to issue Financial Support Directions (FSD) against it.

A campaign at Norwich Union has boosted the number of staff who donate to charity through payroll giving by nearly a third..