Joanne Segars

The National Association of Pension Funds and the Pension Protection Fund have signed a deal with the government to develop a national infrastructure investment platform.

The Bank of England yesterday signalled it was ready to pursue more quantitative easing after plunging inflation forecasts, raising further spiralling deficit concerns for schemes.

The National Association of Pension Funds will publish a list of pensions legislation it thinks should be scrapped in the new year.

The pensions industry must become more transparent on costs and charges and hold firm on the merits of auto-enrolment, delegates heard.

One in three workers will opt out of their employer's pension scheme, according to a Populus poll for the National Association of Pension Funds.

Pension funds are developing a code of conduct around charging transparency which will see customers told "in pounds and pence" how much of their savings are lost in management charges.

Pension funds are calling for an urgent meeting with The Pensions Regulator to discuss ways of protecting UK pension schemes from the negative effects of quantitative easing.

The National Association of Pension Funds has urged politicians to address a record drop in public confidence in pensions or risk mass opt-outs from auto-enrolment.

Inflation would slash pensioners' income by 60% over a 20-year retirement if they took fixed benefits today, Prudential analysis reveals.

Airwave Solutions, a provider of communications to the emergency services, has received the Pension Quality Mark Plus for its group stakeholder pension plan.