Schemes must take action before 31 March if they are to reduce their 2011/12 Pension Protection Fund (PPF) levies, Aon Hewitt urges.
Draft regulations allowing employers to exclude workers above state pension age from group risk insured benefits leave trustees exposed to discrimination actions, experts warn.
US - California and local governments should freeze pension payments for current workers and convert final salary schemes to a hybrid design, a new report concludes.
US - The lack of clear information on investment strategies used by target date funds could put retirees at risk, research warns.
US - Proposed legislation covering the US swaps market risks causing "severe market disruption" for dealers and pension fund clients, an industry body has warned.
IRELAND - Registered Administrators (RAs) must improve their record keeping if they are to avoid on-the-spot fines, the Pensions Board has warned.
A fifth of trustees never meet with their administrator and are failing in their duty to monitor scheme data quality, The Pensions Regulator says.
An EU-wide plan to improve the sustainability and equality of pension schemes has been given the green light.
The Pensions Regulator is "concerned" by regulatory arbitrage and its effect on the security of member benefits, its chief executive says.
Uniq's deficit for equity agreement is "quite clearly" the best option for the trustees, The Pensions Regulator says.