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Scheme members are putting their long-term financial future at risk by taking pension payment breaks, Brewin Dolphin warns.

HM Revenue and Customs has closed a loophole that allowed pension funds to be passed on tax-free at death, Standard Life says.

The Pension Protection Fund is right to consider taking hedging strategies into account when calculating risk-based levies, Buck Consultants says.

Employers need to be wary before setting up group self-invested personal pensions for employee ShareSave plans, Watson Wyatt says.

Trustees must be prepared for corporate changes which could significantly reduce the security of member benefits, Lane Clark & Peacock says.

Workers must accept that widespread early retirement is no longer feasible, the Pensions Management Institute warns.

The £3bn Lothian Pension Fund has reappointed Standard Life Investments to manage a segregated property portfolio valued at £350m.

Third-tier ill-health retirement rules will come into force from April 1, the department for communities and local government says.

Two new Local Government Pension Schemes have joined the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, taking its membership to 48.

The Society of Pensions Consultants is holding a meeting on pensions buyouts and other options.