Legislation

Personal accounts will heighten the risk of future mis-selling scandals should they be implemented in their current form, a Centre for Policy Studies report warns.

The government has been urged to freeze state pensions and increase employee contributions to unfunded public sector schemes as part of a detailed plan by the TaxPayers' Alliance to cut public expenditure by £50bn.

US - Nine securities and corporate governance law firms have signed a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission supporting its proposal to ensure shareholder rights following a similar move by some US pension funds.

A Court of Appeal judgment relating to a pension discrimination dispute dating back to 1995 has been referred back to the employment tribunal where it first began.

US - Lawmakers introduced new legislation yesterday that would expand the board of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. and prevent the director from participating in the manager selection process.

More than four-fifths of scheme managers believe there is a need for an independent pensions commission to recommend changes to pension legislation and provide long-term continuity over pensions policy.

The work and pensions select committee has branded the level of pensioner poverty as "unacceptable" - and urged the government to abolish the default retirement age.

Jonathan Stapleton discusses how the proposed reform of the IAS19 accounting standard could affect the way companies deal with risk strategies in their pensions funds

For those of you who may have missed my column last week, I mentioned I was considering acting as an agent for Robin Ellison as he attempts to become an MP in my constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn.

The Heyday test case on the legality of the default retirement age is back in the High Court today.