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Insurers are calling for a review of executive pension deals and warn firms will taint their reputations if payouts are overly generous.

THE GOVERNMENT'S decision to scrap new disclosure regulations has left administrators "scratching around in the dark", Capita Hartshead claims.

LONG-TERM executive incentive plans at top UK firms are failing to meet the needs of pension scheme investors, a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers reveals.

EMPLOYERS are urging ministers to delay the introduction of age discrimination rules which, they warn, could undermine future pension provision.

Preventing schemes from offering members life-only cover will create "unwelcome complication and uncertainty", lawyers warn.

SCOTTISH Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has achieved an single-A rating by Standard & Poor's fund services for both its UK opportunities fund and its emerging markets fund.

STRICTER rules governing the management of scheme in-vestments would boost public confidence and "work wonders" for fund performance, lawyers claim.

IMPERIAL COLLEGE's TANAKA Business School has launched a degree course in actuarial finance that it claims will provide graduates with the tools necessary to solve tomorrows pensions challenges.

CITIGROUP has established a European insurance and pension structured solutions group - a venture across its fixed income, equities and banking divisions.

LEADING fund manager Hermes Pension Management - the asset management arm of the BT Pension Scheme - has revealed a £16.6m blackhole in its final salary pension scheme.