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HSBC has joined forces with Standard Life to launch a self-invested personal pension.

SCHEME demand for information to help fight shareholder class actions abroad is on the rise, custodians say.

If ministers hoped the European Court of Justice would end their misery over compensation for scheme wind-up victims, they have been sorely disappointed.

OVER 40pc of housing associations in the multi-employer Social Housing Pension Scheme will slash benefits for new employees following a scheme review, The Pensions Trust reveals.

SWITZERLAND - Winterthur Insurance's Christoph Manser has joined AXA Investment Managers as head of hedge fund activities.

THE conservative pensions spokesman Nigel Waterson wants the chancellor Gordon Brown to promise that the state pensions will be linked with employment earnings before the next election takes place.

Scheme assets have grown to $2338bn (£1186bn) - equivalent to 99pc of the UK's gross domestic product, new research reveals.

Life and pension providers Legal & General and Royal London have revealed big jumps in new UK business during 2006.

Scottish Media Group has unveiled a recovery plan for its two final salary pension schemes to tackle a £22m deficit.

Three new funds have joined the Association of Real Estate Funds taking total membership to 60 and funds under management to £40bn of net asset value.