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PRUDENTIAL has launched a personal pension plan which aims to save people money by offering the full range of services needed "between 17 and 75".

SAGA has joined the fight to get compensation for scheme wind-up victims' lost pensions.

LONG-AWAITED guidance on arrangements for member-nominated trustees and directors has finally been published by The Pensions Regulator.

An equity upswing is unlikely in the coming months but schemes could benefit from share buybacks and merger activity, Merrill Lynch Invest-ment Managers claims.

COMPANIES using group self-invested personal pensions could face future legal action from employees who lose their savings by making risky investments, Scottish Life fears.

New disclosure regulations due to be introduced in October have been scrapped by the government because they need further review.

Saga has joined the fight to win compensation for 125,000 pension scheme wind-up victims.

"Crazily conservative" actuarial valuations are forcing employers to put more funds into schemes than is needed, a consultant says.

Ministers will plunge the industry into greater confusion unless they clarify how alternatively secured pensions can be used, Hargreaves Lansdown warns.

How and when The Pensions Regulator will choose to flex its muscles will be of major significance as it enters its second year, a lawyer says.