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THE CITIZENS Advice Bureau is set to close its final salary scheme after its deficit doubled in three years.

Independent financial advisers must ensure savers need the extra flexibility self-invested personal pensions give them, the Financial Services Authority warns.

SELF-INVESTED personal pension provider Dentons has altered its procedures to help investors aged 75 plus transfer their savings.

CAPITA GROUP subsidiary Webline claims it has become the first company to offer firms the ability to compare enhanced annuities.

POSTAL workers began a series of strikes yesterday in their continuing dispute over pension reforms and pay.

SCHEME wind-up victims have vowed to remain in the lime light should Gordon Brown call a snap general election.

ABN Amro Asset Management has launched an absolute return bond fund to help schemes reduce volatility and increase interest rate and foreign exchange strategy returns.

The occupational pensions industry has become swamped by regulatory change and a massive increase in red tape. But has it improved the day-to-day running of occupational schemes? The answer from most practitioners has generally been negative.

A self-invested personal pension provider has pledged its commitment to in-specie contributions despite A-Day tax rules making them more complicated.

The Pensions Regulator's proposed principles-based clearance guidance needs more work to ensure it is adopted smoothly, a consultant claims.