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ROLLS-ROYCE is set to pump £360m into its UK pension funds if trustees agree to implement a less risky investment strategy.

THOMAS Eggar director Vernon Holgate has left the law firm after five years to join independent pension trustee Capital Cranfield.

Consultants are urging ministers to be "bold on pension deregulation", which could play a significant part in preserving some final salary provision.

THE PENSIONS Management Institute launched its online TV channel with an in-depth interview with pensions reform minister James Purnell.

An online planning tool to help people measure their "retirement readiness" has been launched by Fidelity International.

Whitehall officials have been forced to reassure scheme managers over the implementation of a revamped Local Government Pension Scheme following concerns raised in Professional Pensions.

STRIKES have been suspended at Grampian Country Food Group after the firm's managing director agreed to meet union officials for talks.

THE SCALING factor for the Pension Protection Fund's risk-based levy has been set at more than four times last year's.

Average earners will retire on an income equivalent to little more than the minimum wage, Fidelity International's retirement index shows.

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