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

A workplace quality mark should be awarded if firms offer better benefits than the government's proposed personal accounts, the National Asso-ciation of Pension Funds says.

TRUSTEES must "get to grips" with the impact of new age discrimination on their schemes and take advantage of the two month reprieve in implementing the rules, HSBC Actuaries and Consultants says.

BRITISH Airways may contribute more to its pension fund than the £500m proposed earlier this year after its actuarial deficit topped £2.1bn.

EMPLOYERS should be awarded a good workplace pensions quality mark if they provide benefits superior to the national pensions savings scheme, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

THE PENSIONS Advisory Service is set to launch a national pensions helpline for small business owners and the self-employed.

THE PENSION Protection Fund has updated its guidance covering section 143 valuations.

CLERICAL Medical has launched a guide to assist intermediaries in their post A-Day evaluation and review of clients' schemes.

Lower income workers should not be forced to save for a pension, the National Association of Pension Funds warns.

THE FINANCIAL Services Authority (FSA) has published a policy statement on how it will regulate all personal pensions including self invested personal pensions from April 6.