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UK - Consultants have criticised the government for failing to reveal any details about the Pensions Bill which they fear will be a "rushed piece" of legislation.

UK - Clydesdale Bank chief executive Grahame Savage is set to receive £488,000 following his early retirement - just nine months in the job.

UK - Mellon Global Investments, the international distribution subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corporation, has appointed Jonathan Lubran as director of UK institutional sales.

UK - Workers at ferry firm Caledonian MacBrayne have been warned to expect increases in pension contributions to cover an £8.9m FRS17 shortfall.

UK - Insight Investment, Invesco Pensions and Prudential have topped a list of DC providers for outperformance in equities.

UK - BBC staff will take industrial action to block the sale of the corporation's technology division if the buyer does not offer a final salary pension.

UK - Companies would retain their final salary schemes if they received tax breaks from the government, new research concludes.

UK - Corporate governance standards at football clubs are "well below" those of companies, new research reveals.

UK - Employees will only use online capabilities if the sponsoring employer has an education programme in place, Friends Provident claims. Head of pensions marketing Jeremy Ward said the main problem companies faced when installing an online system for...

UK - The government's proposed £1.4m lifetime savings limit will penalise money purchase plan members far more harshly than those in final salary schemes, consultants warn.