Legislation

The Pensions Act 2008 has received Royal Assent almost exactly a year after its introduction as a Bill in December 2007.

US public pension plans walk a fine line between being some of the world's most sophisticated money managers and bowing to government rules and bureaucracy. Andrew Sheen investigates

In its second annual roundtable on the topic, Global Pensions gathered key spokespeople in Stockholm to discuss investment in emerging markets

Tenon's Peter O'Sullivan discusses the effect of changing legislation on SME's retirement planning

US - Marsh & McLennan chief Brian Duperreault has urged treasury secretary Henry Paulson to take action to bridge the short-term pension funding crisis through a set of proposals to help companies with defined benefit schemes.

THE department for work and pensions is considering options to relax rules which force firms winding up a pension scheme as part of a corporate restructure or demerger to fully cover liabilities.

UK - The Department for Work and Pensions is considering options to relax rules which force firms winding up a pension scheme as part of a corporate restructure or demerger to fully cover liabilities.

Janet Brown of Sacker & Partners takes a look at what what aspects of pension sharing need updating

Measures designed to ease the administrative and financial burdens on employers running pension schemes have been announced by pensions minister Rosie Winterton.

With many financial institutions in dire straits, there are a lot of unhappy investors out there. Christine Senior examines the class action cases starting to come out of the sub-prime crisis