Financial services giant Axa has launched a new employee benefits division as part of a companywide reorganisation.

SCHEMES could get cut-price buyout deals as private equity-backed new players rush to build up "critical mass" ahead of a flotation, Watson Wyatt believes.

ARLINGTON Securities has won a €10m (£6.7m) mandate from the Members of the European Parliament Pension Fund.

Scheme members will lose out if the government's proposed personal accounts replace rather than complement existing provision, a new report claims.

The Pension Protection Fund has been criticised over new plans that do not include investment strategy as a separate factor in the risk-based levy.

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THE GOVERNMENT has rejected industry calls for "branded providers" to run personal accounts.

TRUSTEES and consultants advocating a move into private equity funds do not understand similar high performance can be achieved in the public markets, Citigroup claims.

Trustees policy needs review

OVER a quarter of UK firms believe that their pension scheme represents a "serious risk" to their business, research by Mercer Human Resource Consulting shows.