Accounting guidelines which aim to make pension reporting more transparent have "frightening" implications for UK firms, Aon Consulting warns.

ALTERNATIVE Investment Strategies, the first fund of hedge funds to be listed on the London Stock Exchange, has announced a new share issue for investors.

MORE than 40pc of City analysts believe international accounting standard IAS19 underestimates pension liabilities, new figures show.

RUNNING personal accounts at 30 basis points is a "pipe dream" without government subsidies, Standard Life claims.

The search is under way for the Pensions Personality of the Year - and this year the final shortlist is up to Professional Pensions' readers. In the past, the nominees have been whittled down to a final shortlist by the UK Pensions Awards judges.

BALANCED pooled funds returned 4.9pc on average in the fourth quarter of 2006, latest CAPS figures from Mellon Analytical Solutions reveal.

A loophole that enables firms to give final salary scheme members a tax-free incentive to transfer out of their fund has been closed.

MORE than 20pc of charities offering final salary pension schemes have deficits exceeding their free reserves - down from 32pc a year ago - new research reveals.

HSBC has joined forces with Standard Life to launch a self-invested personal pension.

TELENT has appointed Xafinity Paymaster to provide pensions administration services to its 63,000 scheme members.