THE PENSIONS Regulator has given employers "the single greatest incentive" to fund defined benefit schemes for more than 80 years, a leading pensions lawyer claims.

ASSETS from underfunded schemes in wind-up could be pooled to provide extra compensation for people who have lost their pensions under new government proposals.

MORE than 2500 workers at Grampian Country Food Group are due to strike over pension cuts and pay freezes causing chaos for the UK's big supermarkets.

Trade unions have rejected claims chancellor Gordon Brown's tax changes are to blame for the decline in occupational pensions.

THE AUDITING Practices Board has revised its guidance on the audit of occupational pension schemes.

ASSET management firms are under threat as they are failing to meet the needs of their employees and their clients, a new study warns.

Tax incentive ignorance

BENEFITS provider Staffcare secured its 100th contract in March at the same time as celebrating a 100pc growth in revenue over the last 12 months.

WOMEN are failing to secure their financial future because they are confused by the pension system, new research shows.

WORKERS could become trapped in "high charging, poor value personal pensions" if the government refuses to allow transfers into personal accounts, unions warn.