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More than one-third of private sector employers support the government's view on guaranteed minimum pensions requirements, a JLT Benefit Solutions study shows.

The Financial Services Authority has reduced the deficit in its defined benefit pension scheme by £7.4m in the past year.

Partnership expects to complete a medically underwritten bulk annuity deal within the next few weeks in a transaction believed to be the first of its kind.

The widening range of inflation assumptions and discount rates used in pension scheme accounting could cause a headache for investors, warns a consultant.

The UK's inflation rate posted another surprise drop in May, falling to 2.8%, as the lack of activity in the UK continues to bring prices down sharply.

The current crisis in Spain will result in Spanish bank bondholders taking severe haircuts, after a similar scenario in Ireland last year, Henderson Global Investors says.

The High Court has ruled against a consortium of 38 Lehman Brothers subsidiary companies fighting to be excluded from financial support directions by The Pensions Regulator.

Seven out of ten people are scared about making a wrong decision on their pension investments.

Doctors have drawn criticism from several newspapers over plans to strike in protest over changes to their pensions.

Solvency II rules will force insurers to increase reserves and cut annuity rates by up to 20%.