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Poor investment returns, lack of understanding and unwillingness to save are the real issues

Labour's pensions spokesman on how to restore trust in pensions

The Pensions Regulator has slimmed down its guidance on enhanced transfer value exercises but repeated advice that trustees should assume such offers are not in the interest of most members.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has vowed to tackle high pension charges and floated the idea of a 0.5% charge benchmark, in the latest instalment of his campaign against the financial sector.

The NAPF's proposed coded of conduct on charges has split the industry reports Rachel Dalton

Andrew Short looks at how schemes can benefit from agriculture investment, and help address the world's growing food problem at the same time.

Companies bidding to buy firms in future will have to reveal what their plans are for the pension scheme, under proposals from the Takeover Panel.

Schemes using liability-driven investment strategies could have misjudged their swap contract costs for more than four years due to the LIBOR manipulation scandal.

Pension schemes with exposure to LIBOR-related swaps could have lost out as a result of manipulation of the lending rate.

The universal state pension due to be implemented from 2015 will penalise people with additional rights accrued under the current system, a consultant warns.