Industry

The Association of Member Nominated Trustees is set to hold its inaugural open meeting for members on 31 March.

Work and Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has laid out plans for basic state pension reform in a bid to create a "state pensions system fit for a 21st century welfare system".

Professional Pensions has moved office and has a new address in the heart of London's Soho.

Corporate schemes must increase transparency and demand more responsible investing from their asset managers to keep pace with pension funds outside the UK, UKSIF says.

Public sector discount rates should be tied to UK economic growth to reflect future tax revenues needed to fund the scheme, the Pensions Policy Institute says.

Tax relief on contracting out should be scrapped for all pension schemes by 2012, the Office of Tax Simplification recommends.

Lord Hutton could slash the cost of pensions already owed to public sector workers by breaking the link with future pay growth, Towers Watson says.

The UK's largest trade union has demanded Fair Deal pension arrangements remain untouched after the government issued public consultation on them.

University staff have voted to strike later this month over changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme, the University and College Union says.

The Treasury says people exceeding the annual allowance on pension savings must meet their tax charges as soon as they arise.