Revised regulations governing how trustees should deal with scheme disputes have been put out for consultation by the department for work and pensions.

Changes in the reporting of local government pension fund accounts will help improve scheme governance, Hymans Robertson believes.

US - Participation in employment-based pension plans among full-time workers aged 21-64 continued to decline in 2006, despite a stable labour market.

Make a date in the diary. The 11th annual UK Pensions Awards - the single largest gathering of the corporate pensions industry in the UK - will take place at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Tuesday, April 22, 2008.

Risk in the Universities Superannuation Scheme should be shared more evenly between staff and employers, a new report argues.

Business leaders have been urged to put the health of their workforce on boardroom agendas, with almost half of employees claiming there is apathy towards their wellbeing.

Property and real estate investment trusts are continuing to underperform equity markets this year, according to Standard & Poor's.

Left-wingers have urged Royal Mail employees to reject the deal on pay and pensions agreed with the Communication Workers' Union.

Schemes could see Pension Protection Fund levies increase by as much as 20pc after it adopted more conservative longevity assumptions.

US - The chief executive and directors of beleaguered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial have been accused of stock manipulation and allowing executives to profit from improper share transactions by the New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension...