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BREAKING the link between retirement and pensions will produce "a revolutionary change" in the way people look at work, delegates heard.

POLITICIANS should look closer at the increase in life expectancy when making pension policy decisions, delegates heard.

AXA is to buy Winterthur for CHF12.3bn (£5.4bn) from Credit Suisse, it has been announced.

SWITZERLAND - Pension reforms are needed to strengthen supervision of the second pillar, liberalise the pension regulatory framework and re-orient the supervisory framework, International Monetary Fund staff have advised.

WESLEYAN Assurance Society has been appointed the bulk annuity mandates of two Allied Steel and Wire pension schemes.

OVER half of UK entrepreneurs have no pension plans and believe that their "business will be their pension", according to Kingston Smith.

NEARLY half of the UK population do not know what a stakeholder pension is, research shows.

OVERRELIANCE on professional trustees can lead to complacency from MNTs, trustees admit.

A QUARTER of FTSE250 companies could pay off their pension deficits within a year if they slashed dividends and other payments, new research claims.

BULK annuity buyout start-ups may shift scheme assets to Bermuda in a bid to circumvent legislation, a leading academic says.