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AN increasing number of women are shunning pensions and looking at property to provide for their retirement, thepropertyinvestmentmarket.com claims.

Here they are - the first shortlists for the prestigious Pension Scheme of the Year Awards.

TRUSTEES of the British Energy pension scheme have refused to work with a newly-appointed independent trustee and have reported the company to The Pensions Regulator.

RAIL workers have called off a strike over proposed changes to ill-health pension rights.

Data from Mercer Investment Consulting's performance analytics' will be used to draw up initial shortlists for Professional Pensions' inaugural Specialist and Alternative Investment Manager Awards.

Major firms should reconsider any plans to close final salary schemes following the dramatic progress they have made to slash deficits, Britain's largest union claims.

SCHEME managers are urging ministers to delay implementing the new-look Local Government Pension Scheme in order to remedy "flaws, omissions and confusion" with regulations.

SCHEMES are being forced to choose between delaying wind-ups or facing heavy tax charges, actuaries claim.

Pension schemes are used to coping with the highs and lows of international stock markets.

Commodities are in the middle of a "super-cycle" as analysts continue to underestimate prices and demand, providing ample opportunity for investors BlackRock claims.