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Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has launched an online video-based learning programme for trustees.

Sales of enhanced annuities rose by almost a third in 2008, Watson Wyatt says.

The total deficit of FTSE 100 pension schemes would amount to around £100bn if liabilities were valued using "normal" levels of credit spreads, Pension Capital Strategies warns.

OIL giant Ineos has ended months of staff unrest by agreeing a revised set of pension changes with trade union Unite.

Less than 20% of employers believe they are currently getting full value from the money they spend on employees' pensions, research by Watson Wyatt reveals.

Taxpayers will have to find an extra £335bn over the next 50 years to fund gold-plated public sector pensions, a report claims.

Almost three-quarters of scheme managers believe government measures to make it easier to introduce shared risk pension schemes would be a welcome move.

Standard Life's UK life and pensions sales plummeted 25% in the final three months of 2008 as the financial crisis gripped the nation.

Shoe retailer Stylo has restructured its business to avoid going into complete administration saving its pension scheme from falling to the Pension Protection Fund.

Schemes have increased life expectancy assumptions used for funding valuations by 11 months in reaction to regulatory pressure, Mercer says.