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A new firm - Pension Insurance Corporation - is entering the bulk annuity arena and targeting up to £20bn of scheme liabilities.

Ministers are being urged to give alternatively secured pensions a reasonable time to show whether they are being used to avoid tax.

PUNTER Southall Financial Management has expanded its employee benefits consultancy with the appointment of Riaan Van Wyk to the health and risk consulting team.

Too much defined contribution fund choice confuses scheme members and is a waste of time for providers, Friends Provident claims.

MINISTERS must accept a national pension savings scheme will not be the right option for everyone, Standard Life claims.

Plans to scrap restrictions on protected rights in defined contribution schemes have been welcomed by Standard Life.

Time is running out for prime minister Tony Blair to find a "legacy issue" before he leaves office.

THE UNIVERSITIES Superannuation Scheme is set to take on US media giant Viacom in a class action law suit.

PENSIONS reform minister James Purnell has met people across the UK to gauge their reactions to the White Paper proposals.

Full details of how to enter next year's UK Pensions Awards will be published in next week's Professional Pensions.