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FORMER Pensions Commission chairman Lord Turner is set to join the board of the Hong Kong based bank Standard Chartered as a non-executive director.

MEMBERS of a new-look Local Government Pension Scheme may have to settle for lower accrual rates and fewer benefits as the government seeks to cap costs.

SCOTTISH council workers are being offered transitional protection on their pensions until 2020 - a move that looks set to outrage counterparts in England and Wales.

THE PENSIONS Regulator's deal to allow Kvaerner to sever all responsibility for its pension fund should be a "worry" to the Pension Protection Fund, according to one industry insider.

CARDIFF MPs are calling their colleagues from all parties to attend a briefing on the cases of Allied Steel and Wire's former employees.

The Pension Protection Fund is being urged to lobby ministers for rule changes to make payouts fairer for ill-health scheme members.

SOME 61pc of enquiries in the run up to A-Day were about trivial pensions, The Pensions Advisory Service's annual report reveals.

THE Pension Protection Fund is flawed and will be deep in the red like the US Pensions and Benefits Guaranty Corp-oration (PBGC), Ralfe also told the Asset Allocation Summit.

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MEMBERS of a new-look Local Government Pension Scheme may have to settle for lower accrual rates and fewer benefits as the government seeks to cap costs.