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THE government has welcomed the findings of a review examining whether financial assistance for people who lost their pensions could be increased.

MEMBERS of the Unite union have backed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme by nine-to-one.

BANK of Scotland Corporate has launched a new Pension Share Accelerator facility aimed exclusively at those with self-invested personal pensions.

HECTOR Sants will replace John Tiner as the new chief executive of the Financial Services Authority.

POSTAL workers have gone out on strike for a second time in a row over pay, modernisation and pension plans.

AROUND 80pc of pension scheme administrators have "some" or "significant" concern about their readiness for mandatory e-filing.

SCHEME wind-up victims are on the brink of victory in their campaign for compensation from the government, Ros Altmann has said.

TRUSTEES are unsure how to fulfil their responsibilities before entering the Pension Protection Fund, an independent trustee claims.

THE Pensions Bill - which will introduce the specific measures needed to establish personal accounts - was one of 23 Bills discussed in Gordon Brown's "summer statement".

WARD Hadaway has been awarded a four year contract to provide pensions advice to a range of public sector organisations.