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EMPLOYERS and trade unions must do more to promote better pension fund governance and the role of active trusteeship, chancellor Gordon Brown's right-hand man warns.

NEARLY half of UK second home owners have invested in overseas property as part of their pension plan, research shows.

Tax chiefs are being urged to redefine lifetime allowance tests which are putting disproportionate administrative burdens on pension schemes.

THE £3.6BN LONDON Pensions Fund Authority has hired Vanessa James as its new investment director.

Employers have broken ranks with the pension industry over contribution caps on the government's proposed personal accounts.

Closer links between companies and shareholders has given the UK the lowest level of opposition to executive pay in the world, a new report shows.

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Nine out of 10 workers think pensions should be made easier to understand, research by B&CE Benefit Schemes shows.

THE £2BN Devon County Council Pension Fund has launched a review of it custody arrangements in a bid to consolidate its provider line-up.

Trust-based schemes are an anachronism and no argument could be made for them in today's climate, an independent financial adviser claims.