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ROWANMOOR Pensions has launched a family pension trust in a bid to give members increased flexibility over their retirement savings.

MERCHANT Investors has launched a self-invested personal pension which, it says, will offer property investors "significantly increased" purchasing power.

MARINE services firm James Fisher has appointed HSBC Actuaries and Consultants to provide actuarial, administration and consultancy services to its two defined benefit schemes.

THE INVESTMENT community cannot finance a comprehensive shift to a low-carbon economy without clear government policy, asset managers say.

THE TELENT pension scheme is to dump its remaining equities and move all assets into bonds and alternative investments.

THE UK PENSIONS AWARDS - the industry's most prestigious accolades for scheme providers - will mark their 10th anniversary next year.

A loophole in A-Day regulations enables scheme members to claim their 25pc tax-free cash lump sum twice under the same pension, Aegon Scottish Equitable says.

THE UNIVERSITIES Superannuation Scheme has launched a consultation exercise with its 378 employer institutions seeking views on a range of options to meet rising future funding costs.

A QUARTER of UK firms will struggle to pay off their pension deficit over the next 10 years, Deloitte says.

EUROPE/US - US law firm Schiffrin & Barroway has joined forces with the German firm Winheller Attorneys at Law to provide class action services for institutional investors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.