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PLANS for a National Pension Savings Scheme are "dangerously flawed" because they overlook the need for advice, an independent financial adviser warns.

THE ASSOCIATION of British Insurers plans to continue lobbying ministers over how a national savings scheme should be run.

THE COMBINED pensions shortfall for companies making up the FTSE 100 has fallen to the lowest levels since 2002, claims Watson Wyatt.

CHARITIES with high pension deficits or expensive administration costs are likely to lose out when people make bequests, The Pensions Trust warms.

FALLS in scheme liabilities mask massive volatility in company accounts, new research shows.

EDF ENERGY trustees look set to switch assets out of equities as part of a new liability-matching strategy.

SELF-INVESTED personal pensions will benefit most from simplification changes, market analyst Datamonitor claims.

SCHEME applications to the Pension Protection Fund are nearly 60pc below original expectations, PP can reveal.

SARA Lee Corporation has agreed to make annual payments totalling £32m into the UK pension plans of lingerie brand Pretty Polly and textile manufacturer Courtaulds.

BP BOSS Lord Browne has called for an end to fixed retirement ages.