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A GOVERNMENT blog on pension reforms has been launched to encourage comments on the White Paper proposals.

TAYLOR Woodrow is closing its final salary scheme to existing members and increasing payments from £4.8m a year to £20m to clear a £138m deficit.

MORGAN Crucible slashed its pension deficit by more than £70m in 2005 to leave its UK pension scheme in surplus, latest company figures show.

The failure to implement age equalisation changes properly could increase deficits by 15pc for around one-in-10 schemes, consultants claim.

ENGINEERING group Rolls-Royce has urged trustees to shift its schemes' asset allocation from equities to bonds by the end of the year.

THE SALVATION Army has slashed its Pension Protection Fund levy by more than £140,000 after highlighting a string of "inaccuracies" in its risk report.

UK PENSION schemes are in a better state than their European rivals, research by Mercer Human Resource Consulting reveals.

The Law Commission has bowed to industry concerns and scrapped proposals which might have discouraged professional trustees from entering the market.

The actuarial profession is no longer self-regulating; regulation and the setting of standards has be...

Firms facing crippling scheme liabilities can get a lifeline from the Pension Protection Fund but any rescue will be far from painless, consultants warn.