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TOTAL accumulated trades in the UK commercial property derivative market grew to £4.68bn by the end of 2006, figures from Investment Property Databank show.

BP's Browne to get pension of £1m a year; Man's AHL fund falls 8% in share rout

Royal Opera House staff have accepted changes to their final salary scheme after plans to make only part of pay rises pensionable were scrapped.

TRUSTEES should be given statutory immunity from prosecution to boost the number of people volunteering for the role, a leading pension lawyer says.

AUSTRALIA - The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed Mercer's Anne Whittaker to the newly-created role of senior policy adviser for investments.

Tight regulation of defined contribution schemes will limit choice for members, delegates at the Professional Pensions Scheme Administration Show heard.

There is a changing dynamic within occupational pension provision. A growing number of companies, it seems, are no longer prepared to leave their schemes' destiny solely in the hands of trustee boards but are bringing in their own experts to devise funding...

ALMOST 60pc of people aged over 45 are worried their pension pot will be insufficient when they retire, new research shows.

EU foundations bigger

THE GOVERNMENT has not provided any justification for increasing the administration levy for the Pension Protection Fund, respondents to a consultation say.