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PRUDENCE is paying dividends for private sector schemes. Deficits have tumbled in the past year and Aon Consulting recently forecast that the majority of UK company pension schemes could be in surplus within just three years. And even though that prediction...

A HIGH Court judge has upheld trustees' rights to demand extra cash from sponsors despite new scheme specific funding regime.

FIVE INVESTMENT management firms and third-party administrators have launched an initiative to enable straight-through processing for the institutional pensions market

UK PENSION schemes and other European investors are increasingly involved in US securities class actions, Institutional Shareholder Services says.

NEARLY two-thirds (64pc) of UK workers support the idea of automatic enrolment for individuals into pension schemes, research by B&CE Benefit Schemes reveals.

THERE is no evidence of widespread mis-selling of pension policies used to contract out of the State Second Pension, a Financial Services Authority probe reveals.

THE PUBLIC sector pensions deficit is set to increase by £29bn this year, according to the latest government figures.

THE PENSIONS Action Group has told the department for work and pensions it will judicially review the recent decision to extend the financial assistance scheme.

THE FORMER Boots pension schemes rose £20m into surplus during the past financial year, preliminary company results reveal.

SCHEME members who want to transfer their pension overseas are being unfairly taxed for exceeding the annual saving cap, actuaries claim.