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Schemes face another multi-billion pound raid from chancellor Gordon Brown because he is ignoring advisers over National Insurance contracting-out re-bates, consultants claim.

Over-cautious advice is preventing trustees from making important changes to schemes, First Actuarial claims.

Friends Provident is marking its 175th anniversary by launching a "history" section on its website.

THE DEPARTMENT for work and pensions has scrapped regulations that could have made it harder for closed schemes to wind up.

RISING Pension Protection Fund levies are driving an increasing number of sponsors to offer schemes contingent assets, a leading lawyer claims.

AN ONLINE calculator that shows scheme members how much chancellor Gordon Brown cost them by scrapping advanced tax credits has been launched.

Labour MEPs have been accused of trying to wreck a European parliament committee report on the near-collapse of Equitable Life in 2000.

AN AMENDMENT to the Pensions Bill to launch a "lifeboat fund" to help 125,000 scheme wind-up victims has been voted down in parliament.

Regulator's veto over trustees is 'ludicrous'

Consultant Lane Clark & Peacock has been appointed to provide investment advice to the Thomas Miller & Co Retirement Benefits Scheme.