Industry

The Pensions Action Group supports Lord McFall's conclusions but said its members had already lived by many of his recommendations and still financially lost out.

Airwave Solutions, a provider of communications to the emergency services, has received the Pension Quality Mark Plus for its group stakeholder pension plan.

Auto-enrolment queries are beginning to mount for The Pensions Advisory Service and now account for up to 3% of monthly calls.

Interest rate hedging jumped 24% in Q2 this year after falls in short-term interest rates and the rising cost of asset swapped index-linked gilts, F&C research shows.

Government minister David Willetts has been confirmed as the speaker at the Society of Pension Consultants annual dinner in November.

Prudential saw a first-half boost in sales thanks largely to a 20% jump in corporate pensions new business, but inflows at the group's investment business fell sharply.

Schemes up to £150m facing wind-up are increasingly appointing sole trustees because of difficulties finding member-nominated trustees, Independent Trustee Services says.

Providers, advisers and life offices have written to the Treasury pressuring it to allow simpler transfers of assets between savings vehicles.

Annuity rates could hit their lowest point for two years as the sovereign debt crises hits gilt yields.

Aviva has reported UK operating profits up 3% for the first half of the year, and highlighted auto-enrolment as an area of opportunity.