THE SCALING factor for the Pension Protection Fund's risk-based levy has been set at more than four times last year's.

UK - Pension fund members in the London Borough of Lewisham Superannuation Fund have been given a voice on ethical issues.

Average earners will retire on an income equivalent to little more than the minimum wage, Fidelity International's retirement index shows.

SWEDEN - Handelsbanken has decided to take over the occupational pensions of SAS's Swedish pilots from Alecta, with insurance capital of over SEK7bn.

Oil giant Shell is set to get pension fund opposition for failing to link directors' pay to issues such as health and safety.

SCHEME members who want to transfer their pension overseas are being unfairly taxed for exceeding the annual saving cap, actuaries claim.

GENERIC financial advice could become the "jewel in the crown" of the government's pension policy, research and policy group the Resolution Foundation says.

THREE-QUARTERS of all new defined contribution schemes are now contract-based, re-search shows.

CRÉDIT Agricole Asset Management has launched a range of five quant funds for institutional investors.

Mercer appointed