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COMPANIES could face a 2000pc increase in Pension Protection Fund levies from 2006 levels following a European Court of Justice ruling tomorrow, Aon Consulting warns.

THE WEST Yorkshire Pension Fund and the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund are among 14 investors that have signed up to Schroders' European property fund of funds.

THE government is not doing enough to safeguard or promote occupational pension schemes, a pensioners' group warns.

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THOUSANDS of people who made voluntary contributions to top up their state pensions may be eligible for compensation following a government U-turn.

OUTLINE arguments in the Pensions Action Group judicial review case have been submitted to the High Court.

FORMER British diplomat Sir James Hodge has been appointed as chairman of the Society of Pension Consultants.

JUST Retirement has announced new business figures for the six months to December 31 last year - showing total sales of £309.6m.

Most housing associations in the multi-employer Social Housing Pension Scheme plan to reduce benefits for new members, new research reveals.

The government is prepared to rethink the proposed £5000 a year limit on personal account contributions, pensions reform minister James Purnell says.