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Active member discount charging structures risk breaching the Financial Services Authority treating customers fairly principles, Scottish Life warns.

The House of Lords voted overwhelmingly to keep the age of compulsory annuitisation at 75 during the latest Pensions Bill debate.

Financial sector workers and members of Unite the union were striking outside the House of Commons this morning to campaign for better pension protection measures.

Membership of personal accounts could reach 7 million people by 2040 with scheme assets topping £200bn, its annual report predicts.

Six out of ten UK companies fail to measure return on pension expenditure, Alexander Forbes Financial Services says.

The Association of British Insurers has launched an electronic information exchange to speed up the time it takes to process open market option annuity payments.

The average retirement age for men who were still working at 50 has reached its highest levels since records began, government statistics reveal.

A Scottish council within a merged actuarial profession would boost productivity in Scotland, Ronnie Bowie says.

Concern has been raised on whether the Pension Protection Fund has collected enough in levies to be able to meet all its liabilities, Alexander Forbes says.

RESEARCHERS have developed a method of forecasting mortality rates that incorporates unusual events such as a bird flu epidemic or extreme weather.