A policeman was awarded a massive £5,000 compensation by the pensions ombudsman after his planned retirement in New Zealand was nearly shattered by an administrative error.
Cemlyn Foulkes assesses the interim report from Lord Hutton's Public Services Pension Commission from the standpoint of active and pensioner members of the Local Government Pension Scheme
Panellists consider how target date funds will affect the UK market as well as the threat they pose to lifestyling by becoming the default option for many UK pension schemes
Scheme managers were pretty evenly split over whether the government should act to stop regulatory arbitrage between trust-based and contract-based defined contribution schemes.
Will LGPS membership suffer from public sector pension reforms?
The negative tone of HM Treasury's early access consultation is an indication the concept as a whole could be "quietly shelved", a lawyer says.
Transferring short service refunds into the National Employment Savings Trust would help level the playing field between contract and trust-based schemes, an expert says.
Michael Bow on how the latest ECJ ruling could play out
Resolution, the buyout vehicle launched by entrepreneur Clive Cowdery, is highly unlikely to make any further acquisitions and will instead focus on developing new life products.