Legislation

SCHEMES will not have to increase pensions during a deflationary period but payments cannot be reduced to reflect lower cost of living, Lovells warns.

THE search is under way for the Pensions Personality of the Year - and once again we are asking you, our readers, to decide the final shortlist.

EUROPE - British Telecom could have to pay the Pension Protection Fund £16.6m (US$23.9m) after its partial exemption from levies was declared illegal by the European Commission.

Restrictions currently imposed on people who receive part of their ex-partner's pension benefits will be scrapped, the government has confirmed.

The department for work and pensions has launched a consultation on the impact of age discrimination on employers' flexible retirement policies.

Measures that could make it easier to introduce shared risk pension schemes will be considered by the government and industry in the New Year, Lord McKenzie reveals.

UK - Measures that could make it easier to introduce shared risk pension schemes will be considered by the government and industry in the New Year, Lord McKenzie reveals.

A High Court ruling that so called "Barber window" payments cannot be split could mean scheme funding demands massively increase, a lawyer warns.

THE Society of Pensions Consultants has written to the three political parties urging them to debate how best to support pensions in the economic downturn.

The government must give employers access to better pension choices and rethink its strategy to encourage retirement saving, the Association of Consulting Actuaries says.