Opinion

Mohamed Al Fayed's colourful tirade against "idiot" trustees in yesterday's London Evening Standard makes for entertaining reading.

What will this week bring from embattled Europe? The sovereign debt crisis has been gathering momentum, and like a pendulum swinging, with each pass it gathers speed and force.

The coalition's pledge to simplify the rules and regulations that have hindered occupational pensions in the past is welcome news.

As we stare down the barrel of an age of financial austerity, I have been frantically searching for something positive to focus on. And, as luck would have it, I think I may have found it.

After days of indecision, the final agreement forming a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government was finally agreed last Tuesday (May 10), sadly, just after last week's edition of Professional Pensions went to press.

Last week, PP Pensions Commission summarised a range of simple, low-cost policies the new government should look to implement to improve pensions provision (PP, May 6). We asked you, our readers, to suggest additional ideas, a short selection of which...

This week has very publicly exposed, among other things, the extent to which wrangling and short-term deal making are inherent in politics.

Investors thought it was all over. But it's not.

The final result of the first hung parliament in over 30 years is still unclear.

Leader: At the time of writing this piece on Tuesday, the prospect of a hung parliament looks like a foregone conclusion.