CONSUMER confidence in pensions and other savings products will be boosted by the Financial Services Authority's retail distribution review, insurers say.

Financial services giant HSBC has launched a share class conversion facility for its hedge fund investment companies to give shareholders greater flexibility.

TAXPAYER contributions to police pension pots will total £1.6bn this year and will rise to £2bn in 2010.

Oil giant Total has assured tanker drivers their final salary pension will be safe when a national distribution contract ends.

IRELAND - The value of pension funds dropped 1% last month, attributed to a sharp decline in equity and bond markets, according to Rubicon Investment Consulting.

The Institutional Share­holders' Committee has set out a "comply or explain" framework on voting disclosure

FINANCIAL Assistance Scheme running costs were higher than payments to scheme wind-up victims in the last financial year, official figures reveal.

Investment firm Titanium Asset Management has been admitted to AIM - London Stock Exchange's international market for smaller growing companies .

FINANCIAL advisers focus on the financial strength of pension providers when considering new products, research by Lincoln Retirement Income reveals.

Purnell wins award