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THE NATIONAL Association of Pension Funds has recommended that pension funds jointly finance a test case against HM Revenue and Customs in a bid to recover hundreds of millions of pounds of VAT for UK schemes.

THE SVM Global Opportunities Fund has gathered more than £50m assets under management following strong investment performance over the last 18 months.

STANDARD LIFE has celebrated the third anniversary of its Self Invested Personal Pension, which has attracted 41,700 customers with £7.1bn funds under management.

Two of the government's key pension reforms are little more than "distractions" from the real problems at the heart of the UK system, a consultant claims.

The first three judges for the UK Pensions Awards 2008 have now been confirmed. They are: Sacker & Partners senior partner Ian Pittaway; David Somers, chairman of trustees for Dossan Babcock Energy Pension Fund and a director of AllenbridgeEPIC Investment...

Life Academy has been selected by the government to provide information and guidance service on work options for the over-50s.

Conservatives urge pensions reformer to go; Bill aims to be cruel to be kind; CVC sounds out €11bn fund; Cheerless economic data may shift Bank towards cut in rates

Falling persistency levels highlight that traditional methods of pricing pension plans are unsustainable, Scottish Life has claimed.

THE Pensions Bill 2007 - which will reduce legislation for employers providing pensions and introduce automatic enrolment - has been introduced today.

Schemes must become more focussed on shareholder engagement and focus strategies more carefully, the London Pensions Fund Authority told delegates.