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THE GOVERNMENT has made a mistake by delaying the restoration of the link between the state pension and earnings, a consultant claims.

IMPROVING life expectancy cost UK firms £20bn in 2005, latest research by KPMG reveals.

GERMANY - Early retirement schemes have undermined efforts to activate Germany's older employees, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned.

THOUSANDS of scheme returns are being issued by The Pensions Regulator in a bid to monitor scheme risk, a senior watchdog figure said.

THE CHARTERED Insurance Institute's faculty of life and pensions is launching a "future leaders" skills programme.

DEFAQTO is set to launch a "one stop shop" pensions report based on research of all aspects of the industry.

GOVERNMENT White Paper plans for a fixed pension age will fail, the Actuarial Profession says.

PENSION reform minister James Purnell is due to make his first speech on the White Paper since its publication, at a conference next week.

CONSTRUCTION group Dew Pitchmastic has called in receivers at two of its subsidiaries because it cannot fund a £28m pension shortfall.

Government risks repeating stakeholder mistakes with White Paper auto-enrolment proposals, Alexander Forbes Financial Services warns.