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The Pensions Management Institute is holding a seminar on how trustees should make the right decisions for their members in the current uncertain economic climate.

Growing numbers of defined contribution sponsors and trustees are receiving only adequate service from providers, a Watson Wyatt survey reveals.

Only one-quarter of employers consider pensions to be a key business risk, research from Aon Consulting reveals.

Public faith in the security of pensions fell dramatically in the wake of Lehman Brothers' collapse and the FTSE100 share drop, The Pensions Advisory Service says.

AEGON UK has combined its individual and corporate life and pensions business in a bid to improve customer service and product development.

THE number of private sector employees in defined benefit schemes with a retirement age of 60 has fallen by more than 40pc over the past three years, Watson Wyatt says.

More than 20pc of companies believe personal accounts will lead to leveling down of pension provision, a Gissings survey reveals.

Trustees of the £180m Lehman Brothers UK defined benefit pension scheme have lodged an initial claim with the Pension Protection Fund.

SWITZERLAND - Eight Swiss pension funds along with institutional investors' association Ethos have today filed a shareholder resolution at the annual general meetings (AGM) of the five largest Swiss listed companies.

Pension took a back seat to wider economic concerns at the Trades Union Congress' conference in Brighton last week.