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GERMANY - Pensions risk exposure in top German companies is a fifth higher than that faced by their UK and Dutch equivalents, according to new research.

Higham Group has added Dunnett Shaw to its title to become Higham Dunnett Shaw.

FRESH players and innovative products will sweep away apathy towards annuities, pro-viders claim.

MEMBERS of The Pensions Action Group are set to protest at this year's Labour Party Conference in Manchester.

THE FINANCIAL Reporting Review Panel has published the results of its review into the disclosure of defined benefit pensions schemes in company accounts.

INSTITUTIONAL investors should reject the report and accounts of Goldshield Group on "multiple" governance grounds, governance watchdogs say.

EQUITY market volatility could drive inexperienced savers out of the proposed national pension savings scheme, HSBC warns.

TRUSTEES may have jeopardised their schemes' funding by using the so-called "Barber window" to tackle age equalisation issues, a lawyer warns.

UNIONS have called for Debenhams' to change its plans to scrap its final salary scheme and replace it with a stakeholder scheme.

SMALL businesses want employer contributions to any national pension savings scheme to be phased in gradually, latest research from the department for work and pensions shows.