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EMPLOYERS and trustees who fail to take action before new age discrimination rules come into force will face increased liabilities and costs, a lawyer claims.

GOVERNMENT must iron out multiple issues with the national pensions saving scheme by 2012 if pensions reform is to succeed, industry experts warn.

Ministers should face a rough ride on pensions when they return from their summer break.

SPONSORS should increase scheme contributions rather than "throw money away" into the Pension Protection Fund, delegates heard.

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.

Scheme-specific funding is a "Catch 22" for employers, forum delegates heard.

Scheme bond holdings will rise if the Pension Protection Fund includes asset allocation in the risk-based levy, the forum heard.

Two major investment management deals were completed within hours of each other on Monday.

WORKERS at APW Electronics are now eligible for the Financial Assistance Scheme - two years after their pension scheme wound up.