A HIGH Court judge has slammed the Pensions Ombudsman over "startling and disturbing" delays in dealing with a complaint.

UNIONS have called for a pension scheme to be set up for Britain's 400,000 agricultural workers.

UK - Specialist global listed property firm, Cohen & Steers, has opened its second European office, in London.

OFFICES were the best performing sector in the UK property market in April, latest data reveals.

US - Chrysler workers' fears were allayed yesterday as union bosses assured them new owners Cerberus would invest in its already overfunded pension fund.

DTI reaches decision over guarantee for the BT pension fund; Prudential under mounting pressure to break up; Fidelity backs off from PetroChina

TWO local authority pension funds have together invested £30m in Morley Fund Management's Igloo urban regeneration fund.

AUSTRAILIA - The government has paid a financial assistance grant of nearly A$1.5m (€913,553) to the Strategic Capital Superannuation Fund (SCSF).

FUNDING increases to the Financial Assistance Scheme set out in the Pensions Bill are "so mean as to be morally indefensible," the Conservatives have said.

THE PENSIONS Regulator's three-year plan will make life difficult for employers looking to recruit trustees, consultants claim.