Press

DWP and Treasury locked in battle over pension compensation; Paternoster wins deal for Lasmo pensions; Solvency regime still hangs over DB funds; Worldwide appetite for bonds wanes in wake of credit squeeze

ABI joins chorus against Sports Direct; Rate cuts begin; Two leading bidders stumble in race for Rock

Equitable transfer approved; Calls for Bank to cut rates; Bankers say sophisticated investors have only themselves to blame as values fall; Mortgage lenders told to prepare for worse times to come

Marble Bar Asset Managers partners set to receive £194m after sale; Bankers face inquisition by MPs over Rock; Rock bidders line up amid Virgin jitters; Interest rates may be left on hold despite weak housing market

Downturn wipes out shortfall; Bank in dilemma on interest rates; Morgan Stanley alert over UK's ‘mismanaged' economy; Rivals for Northern Rock hope to supplant Virgin

Brussels launches probe into BT's pension insurance fund guarantee; Strike to hit benefit payments; Pensions levy to be fixed for 3 years; King sets up £10bn credit crunch fund; 2000 disabled people's jobs to go as Remploy factories shut;

Life expectancy gap widens; Prudential puts back decision on £9bn surplus; Rival Northern Rock offer expected to please shareholders

Deal ends postal strikes; Payments to rise after PPF overrules its own adviser; Barclays calms investors with solid update; Darling told that he faces the prospect of ‘tax rage'

Civil servants vote for strike; Blackstone boss outlines fresh vision for private equity; HSBC puts up $35bn to bring SIV funds on to its own books; Darling ready for concessions over capital gains tax

Life expectancy ‘underestimated' by 12 years; Fierce competition leaves DB members exposed; Use of US class action gathers apace; Fund managers raise exit penalties to prevent property collapse