Industry

The industry has broadly welcomed the Treasury's upcoming consultation on allowing savers early access to their pension pots.

Stock exchanges are failing to promote responsible ownership and should change their listing rules to make companies publish sustainability reports, Aviva Investors say.

Trustees should interrogate their fund managers more to challenge the industry status quo on governance issues, the former city minister says.

Plans to exempt low-paid from contribution hikes could lead to higher earners paying 10% to 12% more, delegates heard.

Local government pension schemes will be encouraged to become venture capitalists under new government plans.

Pension funds invested in Cadbury got value for money from the confectionery giant's acquisition by Kraft, its former chairman told delegates.

Jonathan Stapleton warns schemes on the dangers posed by inflation

The Association of British Insurers has slammed a report attacking UK pension charges by leading scheme manager David Pitt Watson as "misleading" and "false".

Changes to longevity assumptions for the latest round of triennial valuations have sent defined benefit scheme liabilities soaring by £50bn, longevity experts say.

The government is expected to announce draft pensions tax legislation tomorrow as part of the 2011 Finance Bill.