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THE PENSION Protection Fund has updated its statement of investment principles setting out how it will invest levy payments and the money it receives from schemes.

Technical and electrical problems at Professional Pensions last week have now been resolved.

Ministers will face "critical pension issues" during the next parliamentary session with debates on White Paper reforms and compensation for wind-up victims, MPs claim.

PENSIONS ombudsman David Laverick has reported a second scheme trustee to The Pensions Regulator in as many months following a "total lack of response" to transfer requests.

Sponsors, trustees and advisers must review all court proceedings and block confidential material being accessed under a "snoopers' charter", lawyers warn.

The Pension Protection Fund has admitted further errors in the way benefits are calculated, PP can reveal.

THE PPF has collected more than £10m in risk-based levy charges in the two weeks since sending invoices out, PP has learned.

ROWANMOOR Pensions is hosting a nationwide roadshow to explain the technical issues surrounding pensions post A-Day.

Scheme sponsors are under pressure to use outdated mortality tables to mask deficits while trying to attract investment or clinch deals, an actuarial firm claims. And Punter Southall said ignoring latest mortality assumptions was "just one way" company...

Scheme sponsors are under pressure to use outdated mortality tables to mask deficits while trying to attract investment or clinch deals, an actuarial firm claims. And Punter Southall said ignoring latest mortality assumptions was "just one way" company...