Pensions

A forthcoming Court of Appeal hearing over the pension rights of a 74-year-old nun could trigger massive changes in pensions rules for members of religious orders.

Pension liabilities for UK private sector final salary pension schemes reached £1.2trn in August.

Leading UK statisticians are questioning government plans to link the state pension and other key benefits to the consumer prices index (CPI).

Young people must have simpler and more flexible options to save made clear to them, says Fair Investment.

Retirement advice is in higher demand than any other financial service following the Government's recent overhaul of the pensions' system, suggests a report from Unbiased.co.uk.

Claire Brooks takes a look back over the last three Suffolk Life Research Centre projects and discusses some of the key issues

Standard Life has been fined £2.45m by the FSA for serious failures relating to its Pension Sterling fund.

Martin Palmer, head of corporate pensions marketing for Friends Provident, hopes to see some better solutions for the pensions arena in 2010.

Tax changes aimed at the wealthy in the UK and due to take effect from April 6, 2011 are likely to make a significant impact on pension provision.

The financial performance of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes improved in November on the back of rising equity markets, according to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).