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Professional Pensions is set to begin its first ever fiduciary manager and implemented consulting survey at the end of this month.

Cash payments made to Scottish and Newcastle employees to placate them over the loss of their defined benefit pension are taxable, the Court of Appeal finds.

Prime Minister David Cameron has warned of a pensions "apartheid" between the public and private sector if reforms are not pushed through for public sector workers.

Large employers bracing themselves for auto-enrolment implementation have been given an updated set of guidelines by The Pensions Regulator.

The Bank of England's move to increase quantitative easing by £50bn will prolong low gilt yields for a further 12 months, adding further strains on pension funding positions, experts say.

The Pensions Management Institute has teamed up with Imperial College London to collaborate on a proposed MSc degree in retirement provision.

Trustees emptied pension fund to gamble on property; High charges and poor annuities decimate pensions; Fund managers' fees should be the focus of attention; Tax "reclaim" by pension funds was just a code for a subsidy

Falling discount rates have pushed Diageo's pension deficit up by almost a quarter to more than £1bn.

Schemes face continuing uncertainty over the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, despite the publication of further regulations.

Schemes with contingent assets have until the end of March to certify that they meet stringent new criteria if they are to be used to reduce their Pension Protection Fund levy.