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PREMIER Pension Services has bought the trustee company of NPI SIPP from Pearl Group

IN THE November 30 edition of Professional Pensions we published an article under the headline D&B accused of 'racketeering' - PP Exclusive which made a number of criticisms of Dun & Bradstreet in relation to its provision of credit information to...

THE GOVERNMENT has received a rebuke for failing to submit its defence for the legal challenge launched by scheme wind-up victims.

GERMANY - The German market could prove "attractive" from a buy-out perspective given the relatively low regulatory barriers and growing interest in buy-outs across Europe, according to Deutsche Bank.

FINANCIAL advisers are unsure about offering clients alternatively secured pensions due to the uncertainty about their future, industry insiders claim.

THE PPF has published three voluntary certificates - for section 179 valuations, deficit reduction contributions and contingent assets - on its website.

THE PENSION Protection Fund has published a consultation document on whether to include investment strategy as a separate risk factor in the risk based levy.

LANE CLARK & PEACOCK has launched two specialist investment consulting practices to address the needs of pension scheme trustees and corporate sponsors.

Lawyers predict more clashes between the pensions ombudsman and the courts after judges reaffirmed that scheme rules take precedence over booklets and letters to members.

THE PENSIONS Protection Fund has made its first direct payments to members of occupational pension schemes.