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AROUND a fifth of the UK's top 100 listed companies have stopped granting share options to employees, new research shows.

HM REVENUE and Customs has clarified its position on pipeline pension term assurance business following industry pressure.

THE HOUSE of Commons Work and Pensions Committee has launched an inquiry to consider the proposals in the government's White Paper on personal accounts.

SCHEMES should not be put off investing in infrastructure by "alarmist" claims the sector faces a dot com-style bubble, consultants say.

FIDELITY is mulling the launch of a diversified growth fund to exploit scheme demand for a wider range of assets, PP has learned.

PENSION scheme deficits in the FTSE 350 companies dropped by nearly a third in 2006, according to research by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

SCHEMES could see liabilities increase by £10bn as a result of increasing numbers of smokers giving up the habit in 2007, PricewaterhouseCoopers claims.

THE NEW president of the CBI has called on the government to help companies that are struggling to maintain good pension schemes.

ACTIVE UK equity managers returned 0pc in November 2006, latest figures reveal.

THE WORLD Gold Council has launched of a website to provide information to the pensions industry.