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PENSION schemes should change the way they deal with the payment of death benefits when a member dies in service, the pensions ombudsman claims.

MORE than 1700 people have signed Saga's petition calling for the restoration of scheme wind-up victims' pensions.

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

SCHEMES are being urged to make their reports and accounts more interesting and understandable for members.

LAW firm Dickinson Dees will spearhead nationwide conveyancing for Standard Life clients considering the purchase of commercial property through self-invested personal pensions.

An outgoing trustee of IBM's UK scheme has launched a scathing attack on the computer giant's policy of "flying in US executives" for pension meetings.

Nearly 80pc of workers claim they would need advice over whether to join a national pension savings scheme, research shows.

ABOLISHING stamp duty on shares would free up more than £4bn a year to repair the damage done to the pensions system, the Conservatives claim.

Bosses have criticised the government's target band for savers into the proposed new personal accounts.

FINANCIAL advisers recommending traditional investment products are doing an "inadequate" job of briefing their clients, investment specialist Arjent claims.