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A FORMER partner at law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has filed a claim for age discrimination after being forced to take early retirement or risk losing part of his pension.

Self-invested personal pensions have reported a record inflow of money with property proving the most popular area of investment.

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THE PENSIONS ombudsman has found Electricity Supply Pension Scheme trustees guilty of maladministration in their handling of a member's bid to claim an ill-health pension.

SCHRODERS is exploring the potential of defined contribution lifestyle funds that react to market conditions rather than automatically switch assets at a fixed point.

INDEPENDENT financial advisers have reported an increase in the number of people using group self-invested personal pensions to purchase commercial property.

Shareholders of the world's largest food services group Compass are being urged to reject a "flawed" remuneration package for its executive directors.

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Regulators are being urged to clamp down on the over-selling of self-invested personal pensions, SG Wealth Manage-ment claims.

Pension deficits at Britain's biggest companies have dropped to £31.8bn - the lowest levels since records began.