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The Investment Manage-ment Association has voiced its concerns about any change in ownership of the London Stock Exchange.

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Naming and shaming schemes giving members a poor service would be "fruitless", a scheme manager claims.

NATIONAL Association of Pension Funds chief executive Christine Farnish is quitting at the beginning of October to become public policy director at Barclays.

De Vere Group pension fund members have been assured their benefits will not be affected when the firm is acquired by the Alternative Hotel Group.

THE GOVERNMENT has apologised for errors made during the calculation of pensions for more than 1800 ex-service personnel.

Including pension issues in union bargaining rights would give employers "yet another reason" for not providing benefits, a conference heard.

Changing the law to allow firms to cut workers' accrued benefits would cause immense damage to public confidence in pensions, the Actuarial Profession says.

"FINANCIAL paralysis" and suspicion prevents people from joining company pension schemes, research from the Life Academy shows.

Small firms will not have the time or expertise to help staff choose providers for the government's proposed "personal accounts", bosses warn.