Budget cuts in the basic rate of income tax were driven by the government's plans to introduce a national pension savings scheme, Standard Life claims.

Employers and workers need to share pension risk to secure the future survival of occupational schemes, actuaries claim.

Pensionsers ‘could lose out through accounting rule'; WH Smith ends final salary plan; Pensions benefits review starts

THE FACULTY of Actuaries has set up a special task force to press ahead with plans to merge with the Institute of Actuaries.

BUDGET reductions in the basic rate of income tax have "dealt a blow" to retirement saving incentives, Lane Clark & Peacock says.

Two local authority pension schemes have been found guilty of maladministration after sending out standard letters to members about widows' pensions.

The government faces severe criticism from the European parliament for failing to shield Equitable Life policyholders when the firm nearly collapsed in 2000.

A SEASONAL peak in the Pensions Regulator's workload could leave schemes facing prolonged periods of uncertainty, Hewitt Associates warns.

Hewitt Associates senior investment consultant Kerrin Rosenberg is joining Cardano as UK chief executive to lead a massive expansion of its business.

SCHEMES have subscribed more than £200m to Crédit Agricole's two new high alpha pooled liability-driven investment funds, the company says.