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THE TAXPAYER should not pick up the bill for the government's low management fee target in personal accounts, the Association of British Insurers warns.

JOB mobility will decrease as staff increasingly realise the benefits of being in final salary schemes, an investment manager claims.

Regulations crucial to implementing the revamped Local Government Pension Scheme fail to comply with proper practice and are defectively drafted, a parliamentary committee claims.

THE TRADES Union Congress has launched a network of "pensions champions" in a bid to provide workplace advice.

SMOKERS have benefited most from the steady rise in annuity rates over the past six months, new figures show.

TRUSTEES of the West Ferry Printers Pension Scheme are considering asking The Pensions Regulator to issue its first ever financial support direction, PP has learned.

THE GOVERNMENT is holding talks over whether to provide personal account trustees with indemnity insurance, PP can reveal.

PEERS have defeated the government in a key vote on the creation of a "lifeboat fund" to help 125,000 scheme wind-up victims.

Union officials are seeking guarantees that pension benefits will be protected when Lloyds TSB's share registration unit is sold to a private equity firm.

TRUSTEES of the West Ferry Printers Pension Scheme are considering asking The Pensions Regulator to issue its first ever financial support direction, PP has learned.