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The Pension Protection Fund has begun billing schemes up and down the country for its services once again.

Jonathan Stapleton on DB's lengthy demise

Personal pension contribution has dropped by a sharp 10% since 2007, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Top bosses at FTSE100 firms have average pension pots worth nearly £4m each, with the top director this year amassing a £21.5m pot, according to a trade union study.

The National Employment Savings Trust will allow employers to make scheme contributions using a debit card, a payment method most other providers shy away from.

An employment tribunal ruling in favour of a gay couple fighting for pension rights could clear the way for a challenge in the European Court of Justice, a lawyer claims.

About one third of employees will opt out of pensions when auto-enrolment comes into force after 2012, Legal & General says.

Unions have walked away from a consultation by Unilever on plans to move all final salary members into career average, making strike action at the firm "very likely", an official says.

NEST Corporation has revealed the members of its employer and scheme member panels.

Punter Southall has launched a tool to assess the cost implications for employers still undecided on how best to implement auto-enrolment.