Joanne Segars

UK - Financial services secretary Lord Myners has accused excessive bonuses of ruining British pension funds.

Lord Myners has accused excessive bonuses of ruining British pension funds.

The "vast majority" of schemes will pay more levy under rules laid down by the Pension Protection Fund last week, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

UK - The majority of pension funds want to see the government issue more long-dated and index-linked gilts, the National Association of Pensions Funds' Annual Survey showed.

UK - Conservative Party plans to accelerate the increase in the state retirement age have been backed by senior industry figures.

EUROPE - The proposed Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive is in some respects "misguided" and would reduce investment returns and increase risk, the UK's National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has claimed.