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THE price of a self-invested personal pension is not one of the main determining factors when clients and independent financial advisors go about selecting a provider, research shows.

Financial services giant Norwich Union is planning to return millions of pounds in "unclaimed assets" to 40,000 customers.

Firms must not ignore pension issues in the rush to complete deals before next April's rise in capital gains tax, lawyers warn.

Trustees of collapsed pension schemes could be sued by the Pension Protection Fund for failing to protect its interests, a lawyer claims.

Demands on pension scheme trustees have never been greater. Trustee knowledge and understanding requirements have raised the bar and how they approach the decision-making process.

Qatari investment fund Delta Two has terminated its £10.6bn bid for Sainsbury's after failing to get backing from the retail giant's pension fund trustees.

Pension Capital Strategies and Tactica Assurance have teamed up to offer schemes an investment product to guarantee liabilities over a 10-year period.

Talks between the Canadian Pension Plan investment board and Auckland International Airport have been abandoned.

Investment managers and schemes need to work together to ensure trustees can cope with complex strategies, experts believe.