THE GOVERNMENT has "many hurdles" to overcome with personal accounts if it hopes to avoid a pensions crisis, a new report warns.

Employers must find a more "sophisticated" form of risk sharing with members to avoid crippling pensions deficits, industry experts claim.

A "nanny-state" approach to defined contribution governance could force employers to close schemes, employee benefits consultant Entegria warns.

A-Day changes boosted sales of individual pensions and annuities at Aegon UK this year.

SIPP regulation to bite

Schroders hit by large fund outflow; Trading rival for Stock Exchange; Hedge funds will lose out as City bonuses increase; Germans to drop bid for Euronext

BUYERS of UK companies should be aware that FRS17 does not reflect the true economic cost of any pension liabilities they might be taking on, delegates to the Professional Pensions Show 2006 heard.

PATERNOSTER outbid established pensions buyout market rivals by more than 10pc to land its first deal with former insurer Cuthbert Heath, PP has learned.

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UK - Adrian Bourne has left KPMG to join Watson Wyatt's benefits practice as a senior consultant.