Press

Royal Mail pension deficit doubles to £7bn; City bets on interest rate cut next month

Top companies seek to offload risk of their pension obligations; Paternoster's pension concept comes of age; Times panel in knife-edge vote as Inflation fears outweigh slowdown

Workers on verge of retirement enjoy surge in annuity payouts; Improving the future for pensioners; Nationwide consumer confidence hits four-year low; Jury bides its time before ruling on a 'recession'

Pensions turn to passive management; Search is on for women victims of £1bn unpaid pensions fiasco; Pension Corporation responds to Telent criticism

Stuart Rose sells karaoke bar stake after corporate governance fears; New funds cut fees to counter old losses; Rock shareholders call for inquiry into leak

Regulator to break new ground in EMI pensions struggle; Grangemouth's oil workers show how it can be done; Standard Life becomes latest credit crunch victim

EMI pension trustees call in regulator as talks break down; Hopes rise of end to Grangemouth dispute; Aviva abandons Norwich Union brand; Friends blooming after Flowers' bid is picked off

Pensions body defends cost of consultants; Just Retirement upbeat on annuities; Tax cut will trim pensions pot for 7 million; HBOS seeks £4bn from shareholders as credit crunch bites

Pension powers planned; Differing views over life left in DB plans; Guidance required for the DC schemers; Split over saving scheme charges

Banks cut hedge fund lending; Credit Suisse slumps to £1bn loss as crisis hits