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Less than a third of 50 to 65-year-olds want to stop working whey they reach retirement age despite thinking they could afford to, Aegon research shows.

Prudential is to use postcodes as an additional risk factor for annuities, Hargreaves Lansdown says.

ESTABLISHING a group self-invested personal pension can make it easier for senior employees to satisfy company shareholding requirements, Watson Wyatt says.

MORE than 13 million people have never reviewed their pension plans, research from Baring Asset Management shows.

Trustee champion Brian Holden has rejected claims that increasing regulatory pressures are making the role too complex for unpaid trustees.

The credit crunch has created unprecedented opportunities for the insured buyout market and businesses looking to clear pension liabilities from balance sheets, Aon Consulting says.

The government must honour its commitment to enforcing a minimum of 50pc member-nominated trustees on scheme boards, the Occupational Pensioners' Alliance urges.

THE National Association of Pension Funds has launched a service to provide information and support to financial directors involved in their organisation's occupational scheme.

FTSE100 company pension schemes have a net deficit of £41bn compared to a £12bn surplus in July last year, Lane Clark & Peacock figures show.

THE economic downturn has wiped around £61bn off the value of FTSE 350 pension schemes, a Mercer report reveals.