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Draft plans for a user-friendly, online annuity tool are expected to be put forward in time for the government's pre-Budget report.

Companies are not taking account of the risks associated with climate change in their business strategies, a study has shown.

Demerger activity could be constrained by pension scheme problems because splitting funds could leave firms liable to section 75 debt payments, a law firm warns.

THE annual cost of providing a defined benefit pension exceeds average mortgage interest payments and is undervalued by employees, analysis by Fidelity International shows.

NEW ZEALAND - ABN AMRO Craigs has moved into the superannuation space, and launched a new superannuation initiative called kiwiSTART.

ONLY a fifth of private equity firms intend to invest in distressed businesses over the coming year despite strong predicted growth in the sector, Grant Thornton claims.

Advisers are urging ministers to ensure that the same "treating customers fairly" principles apply to auto-enrolment into personal accounts as other financial services products.

Here they are - the shortlists for Professional Pensions' inaugural Specialist and Alternative Investment Manager Awards.

Group stakeholder schemes can work alongside personal accounts

GLOBAL - North American institutional investors have regained their appetite for risk - in contrast to European investors, who consolidated the pullback they began last month, according to new data from State Street Global Markets.