Opinion

Longevity trends could lead to increasingly severe austerity warns Mark Wood

Rachel Dalton asks whether we can suspend our cynicism

The Pensions Archive Trust - an incredibly worthy body dedicated to collating and preserving historical documents relating to the pensions industry - has just launched an appeal to raise funding to secure its future.

Peter Thompson argues a trustee is not, and never should be, an adviser

Markets are not working for pension funds and the savers they support - that is the conclusion of Professor John Kay's review into the structure of UK equity markets.

Poor investment returns, lack of understanding and unwillingness to save are the real issues

Labour had a field day with the LIBOR scandal. Coming after four years of simmering public resentment against the financial sector, the scandal involving bankers manipulating rates at the expense of ordinary people could not be easier to capitalise on....

Peter Hudson gives his take on guarantees

Four years after the £52m GP Noble fraud was first spotted, two men have been jailed in relation to the fraud and a further three cleared.

Barry Parr asks just what can trustees put their faith in?