The trustee board of retirement education charity Life Academy has nominated Alan Pickering as its next chairman.

B&CE BENEFIT Schemes will host a debate on pensions at the Labour Party annual conference later this month.

REDUNDANCY packages may have to be revisited as a result of the postponement of the age discrimination regulations for pensions, Watson Wyatt says.

SCHEMES can expect better returns from Asia as the world moves into a new "investment era", Baring Asset Manage-ment believes.

HALF OF European fund managers have no plans to change their equity weightings despite the market corrections seen in May, new research says.

Tailored approach urged

UK - BAE Systems has announced in its interim results statement that its pension deficit has decreased from £4.1bn to £3.1bn in the six months from 31 December 2005 to 30 June 2006.

THE PENSIONS Advisory Service has called for legislation to prevent employers pressurising workers to opt-out of the national pension savings scheme.

THE GOVERNMENT is seeking extra time to respond to a legal challenge over its rejection of the parliamentary ombudsman's report into scheme wind-ups.

SAVERS should resist being "dazzled" by cash-in-hand offers to transfer out of defined benefit pension schemes, actuaries say.