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SCHEMES threatened with insurance style funding requirements under Solvency II proposals have been given a reprieve, Watson Wyatt says.

Government research which concluded there is little employer appetite for shared risk pension schemes is "flawed", a consultant says.

US - Cash balance pension plans have again become a viable option for companies in the US after a series of appeals court rulings put an end to uncertainty surrounding their future.

RESTRICTIONS which prevent ex-partners taking full advantage of spousal pension entitlements are to be lifted by the government.

A recent decision by the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals essentially resolved an ongoing dispute as to whether pre-Pension Protection Act cash balance plans violate the age discrimination provision of ERISA. Frances Phillips Taft explains

Lorant Porkolab outlines the whys and wherefores of risk sharing in occupational pension schemes, an approach offering a compromise between DB and DC

Despite being on the agenda of almost every pension fund and asset manager, there is a marked lack of consensus on SRI. Giovanni Legorano reports

THE government should introduce a class action system similar to the one in the United States, a report by the Civil Justice Council says.

THE government has made a U-turn over the qualifying earnings test for personal accounts, Standard Life says.

UK - The government is being urged to encourage innovation in pension scheme design, following the release of its risk-sharing consultation.