The link between the state pension and average earnings should be restored before 2012, the GMB union has urged.

The cost of providing generic financial advice should be borne equally by government and the financial services industry, the Thoresen Review has said.

Postal workers are to be balloted on Royal Mail's offer on pay and pensions in a bid to halt strike action.

The Pensions Advisory Service has launched a new strategy group to focus the organisation ahead of the introduction of personal accounts.

Baring Asset Management has launched its fifth long/short equity hedge fund.

The California Public Employees' Retirement System is considering a new approach to paying its fund managers,

THE GOVERNMENT has delayed the introduction of new regulations on the calculation of pensions transfer values until October 2008.

Schemes should prepare themselves for moves to harmonise pension provision across Europe, research from Sapien urges.

DENMARK - Pensioners are set to receive higher payments as ATP saw a DKK11.4bn (US$2.1bn) profit in the first three quarters of 2007, despite recent market turbulence.

SEI has launched a defined contribution fund range designed to make it easier for members to make investment choices and match retirement goals.