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The Financial Assistance Scheme will enrol all qualifying solvent employer pension funds by the end of July, the Pensions Action Group says.

THE Gold Standard Awards 2008 - run by Professional Pensions parent company Incisive Media - are now open for entries.

MILLIONS of British adults have taken the decision to review their pension arrangements in the last 12 months as a result of falling property prices, Baring Asset Management research reveals.

THE government is set to launch a generic financial advice pilot scheme in a bid to tackle a lack of financial understanding and education early next year.

CONFLICTS of interest on trustee boards could rise as directors look to cut funding levels in the wake of the global downturn, Trustee GAAPS claims.

THE BBC has been criticised for pocketing £184m of its defined benefit pension schemes' surplus.

PUNTER SOUTHALL has launched a projected longevity generator in a bid to help trustees and sponsoring employers choose appropriate assumptions.

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners are losing out because they were not told to shop around for the best annuity, a former Downing Street adviser claims.

BRITISH Airport Authority workers have voted in favour of the proposed changes to the company's pensions plan.

THE University of Edinburgh Business School has teamed up with Aberdeen Asset Management to launch a series of educational seminars driven by the pensions industry.