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MORE than eight out of 10 people have little or no confidence in the UK pensions industry, new research reveals.

NEW age discrimination regulations will cause more scheme uncertainty because they are being introduced too soon after A-Day, the National Association of Pension Funds claims.

HEWITT Associates is to hold a teleconference to provide companies with "definitive" answers to new age discrimination legislation.

THE Association of Pension Lawyers is to run a one-day course on the pensions aspects of sales and acquisitions.

Compensation payouts for scheme wind-up victims have been delayed because computer firewalls mistook vital data as pornography.

THE FEASIBILITY and cost of the government's national pension savings scheme is questionable, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants says.

TRAVEL firm Hogg Robinson will make a one-off £28.5m payment into its £58m defined benefit pension scheme after The Pensions Regulator and trustees agreed the move.

SWITZERLAND - Credit Suisse has appointed Peter Schmuki to replace Mario Seris as head of asset management Switzerland.

PLASTIC packaging firm British Polythene Industries is discussing "reduced benefit terms" with members of its £153m defined benefit scheme.

SPECIALIST pensions consultancy Mattoli Woods has revealed a 17.6pc growth in turnover, ending May 31, with the £7.6m up from £6.4m in 2005.