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Pension funds that qualify for the Financial Assistance Scheme have around £1.7bn of assets, a government review has found.

A quarter of socially responsible investment funds are more carbon-intensive than their mainstream counterparts, a new survey shows.

REGULATIONS critical to implementing the revamped Local Government Pension Scheme look set to be delayed further following "material" changes to draft administration rules.

Technology firm Siemens is to close its remaining final salary schemes and will move around 6000 members into a defined contribution plan.

FALLING rates of pensioner poverty are likely to grind to a halt unless the government increases spending on the problem, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

THE HIGH-LEVEL software language of R is setting standards in quantitative analysis. And now anybody can get to grips with it thanks to The R Book by Michael Crawley.

City "fat cats" should pay for financial education to make more people aware about the need to save for their retirement, bosses say.

A radical EU overhaul of how insurers cover risk has moved a step nearer - and could be extended to pension schemes.

THE GOVERNMENT has ann-ounced a programme of events to help employers develop awareness of disability issues.

Pensions Bill unveiled