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HBOS has paid £800m into its defined benefit pension scheme according to preliminary results released this week.

DEMAND for online valuations and dealing services from self-invested personal pension administrators is growing, platform provider Fundsdirect claims.

An initiative to encourage pension scheme members to plan ahead for their retirement has been launched by Friends Provident.

STATE Street has been appointed to provide custody and other services to five pension schemes.

Prime minister Tony Blair is being challenged to give a government assurance that workers will be better off by joining the proposed personal accounts pension scheme.

Fidelity gets ‘eee' rating

Trade unions have warned trustees against investing in "amoral asset strippers and casino capitalists" by allocating cash to private equity.

The first shortlists for this year's UK Pensions Awards have now been drawn up by the judging panels.

PENSION funds are looking at new issues of long-dated emerging market debt to play a role in matching liabilities, fund managers say.

A leading scheme manager is urging ministers to reconsider their timetable for implementing a new-look Local Government Pension Scheme.