INVESTMENT bank Dresdner Kleinwort has launched two new funds that use volatility as an asset class.

LAW firm Dickinson Dees has been selected by Standard Life to spearhead its nationwide conveyancing for clients considering the purchase of commercial property through self-invested personal pensions.

MINISTERS will be "complete fools" if they limit the availability of alternatively secured pensions, experts claim.

POLAND - The new form of pensions indexation in Poland will aid the country's economic growth in 2007 while most European states can expect a slow down, according to a Standard and Poor's report.

The Pensions Regulator's use of long-dated bonds to calculate scheme liabilities drives up deficits and should be scrapped, Morley Fund Management says.

THREADNEEDLE Investments has outsourced its investment operations function to JPMorgan Chase Bank.

The Pension Scheme of the Year Awards' judges have continued their deliberations and have now drawn up shortlists for 15 categories.

NEARLY 2.5 million workers in the UK are "under the illusion" the state pension will provide sufficient income for their retirement, research reveals.

Clywd seeks specialist

Adding a default annuity option to the government's proposed personal accounts could slash savers' retirement income, GE Life warns.