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UK pension provision is being undermined by accounting standards currently used to calculate schemes' assets and liabilities, a report finds.

Two-thirds of employers with no pension scheme say they are unlikely to auto-enrol employees into the National Employment Savings Trust or a qualifying scheme, ACA research finds.

Inflation to cut pensioner spending power by 60%; Most workers are unaware of reforms; More people having to delay retirement; Pension schemes fight for £100m a year VAT refund

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

UK - The Debt Management Office is considering launching index-linked gilts with a maturity of 50 years in October after the idea of a new batch of ultra-long bonds was proposed to investors.

European Union rules on the establishment of cross-border pensions must be simplified, Aon Hewitt believes.

Andrew Short talks to Robert Hart, benefits consultant at Bluefin about how the Institute of Directors' DC scheme was awarded the DC Quality Mark.

How a 'bigger and better' IORP directive could pan out

Cross-border schemes are unlikely to make more than "very limited" progress because of the tax differences between member states in the EU, the Society of Pension Consultants says.

UK/EUROPE - The European Commission has failed to make its case for a revised IORP directive and planned changes should be abandoned, the National Association of Pension Funds says.