Trustees are right to consider unborn children as dependants when making death-in-service payouts, the High Court has ruled.

THE £1bn Wiltshire County Council Pension Fund is set to make its first foray into currency in a bid to reduce volatility and boost returns.

EUROPE - Only 16% of European multinational companies plan to increase their pensions investment over the next year, according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting research.

FUND managers are finding it hard to process over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives because there is not enough data on the market, a survey shows.

SCHEMES will have to look at "complex" alternatives to bonds because demand is rapidly outstripping supply, financial services giant KPMG warns.

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THE department for work and pensions wants to clarify age discrimination rules in a bid to reduce the legal and financial risks of running schemes.

NEW draft age discrimination rules could undermine future defined contribution pension provision, experts warn.

THE Association of British Insurers has denied claims its chairman excused providers of any role in contracting-out mis-selling by laying blame at the feet of advisers.

A "BATTLE of the blogs" has broken out between pension reform minister James Purnell and Scottish Life head of pensions strategy Steve Bee.