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THE Pensions Action Group has dismissed union claims it over-complicated an amendment to the Pensions Bill leading to its defeat in the Commons.

MORE than a third of workers no longer follow traditional "nine-to-five" working hours, research shows.

PENSION funds with large European holdings are poised to receive strong returns in 2007 as economic recovery picks up, fund managers say.

EUROPE - Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) underperformed its previous quarter's result by €2bn but still grew its assets under management 9.6€ to €544.4bn (US$739bn).

UK - Equities have been given a "renewed vote of confidence" by institutional investors, showed the results of the latest Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers.

INVESTMENT in ethical funds by schemes and other investors has surpassed £5bn for the first time, Investment Management Association figures reveal.

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A CONSERVATIVE government could scrap stamp duty on shares, shadow chancellor George Osborne has announced.

Nearly two thirds (64pc) of UK workers support the idea of automatic enrolment for individuals into pension schemes, research shows.

ALMOST two thirds of independent financial advisers have reported a boom in self-invested personal pension sales since A-Day, research from Alliance Trust shows.