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Incoming pensions ombudsman Tony King will expedite the bureau's mergers into the financial ombudsman service, the head of the FOS believes.

Property derivatives wrapped as structured notes could develop into "the closest thing to direct investment in real estate" for pension funds, delegates have been told.

The tax bill for alternatively secured pensions could be reduced from 80pc to 64pc by using them as part of a group scheme, Rowanmoor Pensions claims.

COMPLAINTS about poor administration in occupational schemes are falling but similar problems with personal pension plans are soaring, new figures will show.

Traditional asset classes such as equities and bonds should not be abandoned by schemes, Morley claims.

INVESTMENT management firms could be forced to pay schemes billions of pounds if an EU advocate general's opinion on value-added tax is upheld in the European Court of Justice tomorrow.

Friends Provident is adding a self-investment capabi lity to its group pension plan.

An increasing number of institutions are cutting their bond holdings to allocate additional resources to fund of hedge funds, Fauchier Partners claims.

CHURCH of England clergy will debate proposed changes to their final salary scheme at the upcoming General Synod in York.

Software provider eShare has pledged its support for the PP campaign to set up a taskforce of industry heavyweights to tackle key trustee issues.