New entrants fail to make their mark; Acquiring companies ought to be reliable pension guarantors; De La Rue staff can bank on pensions; Investors lobby City for vote on ABN bids
Investors to force ABN to call bid battle meeting; China says UK blue chips are a major target for £100bn fund
UBS and Aegon form buyout team; Better DC schemes on the way, but DB is not dead yet; Light touch regulation for pensions, please; Fidelity and China join buyout mania
Pension trust views options as resurgent BT reports; Prudential keeps door open on possible break-up; Birmingham airport targeted; Former Treasury boss warns on ageing population
DTI reaches decision over guarantee for the BT pension fund; Prudential under mounting pressure to break up; Fidelity backs off from PetroChina
'Safe hands' for key Fidelity fund; Hargreaves Lansdown soars on debut; Lower gas and electricity bills push down inflation
BVCA chief rebuts fears of ‘bubble'; RM cuts pension deficit in half; Heavyweight unions wade into contest with ‘list of issues'; Amro and bidders forced to release papers
Employers call for access to pension funds; Osmond aims to ease pension portion of takeovers; FSA warns over longevity figures; Final salary provision costs more, study finds
KKR comes up with just a slice of Boots pension demand; Friends Provident shares rise on interest from Axa and JC Flowers; Council invests £200m in hedge funds; LSE targeted by short sellers
FSA rules out inquiry into pension opt-outs; Treasury consults on cutting fund management costs by £290m a year; Interest rates set to rise to 5.5pc; Stock exchanges set for competition