Investment

TRUSTEES should not be scared by a pensions ombudsman determination which forced a board to personally repay £130,000, a law firm says.

THE Pensions Regulator has removed authority for 29 pension schemes from an independent trustee firm, Professional Pensions has learned.

The subject of much recent debate, the proposed Solvency II regime has the European pensions industry divided. Elizabeth Pfeuti reports

Jenny Blinch travels to Tokyo and finds the corporate DB pensions industry reeling under the effects of the credit crunch

Following the publication of a report on DC schemes around the world, State Street's Kanesh Lakhani highlights key findings and stresses the importance of participation and contribution rates

PROFESSIONAL practitioners could boost their self-invested pension funds through the purchase of their own premises, a provider claims.

THE Pension Protection Fund consultation into the equalisation of guaranteed minimum pension entitlements between the sexes was "misconceived", a lawyer says.

The Financial Services Authority has fined the UK operations of Credit Suisse £5.6m.

THE Pension Protection Fund has boosted its approach to responsible investment.

Two local government pension funds are leading a US class action law suit against Lehman Brothers over sub-prime losses.