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Despite the recession most organisations are unlikely to reduce contributions or change the investment strategy for their pension plans, a global Mercer survey reveals.

Savings study points to low wage setback; CBI warns on public sector pension costs

Over two-thirds of financial professionals believe that markets behave irrationally, a CFA Society of the UK survey reveals.

Businesses are being put off bidding for public service contracts because of the cost of providing pensions to transferring workers, the Confederation of British Industry warns.

Reforms to boost pension coverage will only produce a "small" increase in retirement saving among lower earners, the Institute for Fiscal Studies claims.

Employees are still "alarming unengaged" with personal accounts, JLT Benefit Solutions warns.

Barclays Global Investors Europe vice-chairman Lindsay Tomlinson has been elected as the new chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds.

The impact of redundancy on retirement planning must not be forgotten when dealing with the stress of losing your job, The Pensions Advisory Service warns.

The National Association of Pension Funds has written to MPs ahead of a parliamentary debate urging them to rethink proposed pension taxation changes.

The £200m Doosan Babcock Energy Pension Scheme has appointed Hymans Robertson to provide it with investment consultancy services.