MORTGAGE debt is the latest in a long line of financial burdens that will disrupt and delay saving for retirement, claims information provider Equifax.

HIGH value assets such as classic cars are increasingly attracting new investment as people lose faith in pensions, research shows.

TRUSTEES are still happy to oversee the running of occupational schemes despite growing responsibilities amid the new regulatory regime, says Watson Wyatt.

SLIMMING World has added a company-funded healthcare cash plan to its suite of existing employee benefits for more than 220 staff.

UK - JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has appointed Amanda Sillars as investment director, covering institutional and investment trust accounts.

UK - Henderson has refused to comment on media reports it had agreed an £800m takeover for infrastructure projects company John Laing.

GLOBAL - Many asset managers are failing to listen to what pension fund clients want in terms of investment products, according to global research carried out by London-based think tank CREATE.

US - The US$10bn School Employees Retirement System of Ohio (OHSERS) has urged members to contact their congressional representatives in a bid to remove an offset provision which reduces their social security benefits.

BT set to slash UK equity holdings; BA set to meet with unions over pension proposals; FSA attacks pensions industry; Chancellor's warning on inflation hints at imminent rate rise

BONDS are unlikely to outperform cash this year as interest rates are set to rise further, Baring Asset Management says.