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The pensions industry needs to move quickly to prevent new accounting rules making the future of surviving final salary schemes even more perilous.

The National Association of Pension Funds has formally re-elected its chairman and the heads of both the investment and benefits councils.

People retiring this year will have around £5000 less to live on than the average working adult, a survey by Prudential shows.

Pension providers must improve the quality of service on offer to members taking out an annuity to help maximise retirement income, experts believe.

Professional Pensions is linking up with Invesco Perpetual to run a series of seminars on quant investment.

Actuarial and consultancy firm Kerr & Company has been renamed Pope Anderson Actuaries and Consultants.

UK pension schemes experienced volatility equivalent to average daily swings of over £10bn in January, research shows.

A "challenging legislative programme" will be introduced in the coming months to improve the Financial Assistance Scheme, pensions reform minister Mike O'Brien says.

The Accounting Standards Board has set out proposals to change the way pension fund assets and liabilities are calculated in company reports.

Firms would spend more on occupational health programmes for workers if the government gave them incentives to do so, a new report claims.