Pensions

LifeSearch has initiated a petition to start personal finance lessons in UK schools.

FTSE 100 companies are in danger of sleepwalking into reporting an unnecessary £26bn of pension liabilities in their accounts, Hewitt Associates warns.

Pension schemes should encourage members of defined contribution schemes to personalise their investment strategies by helping them set individual journey plans, a Watson Wyatt paper says.

The potential loss of means-tested benefits for 5% of personal accounts savers is "unacceptable" but must not overshadow the positive aspects of auto-enrolment, B&CE Benefit Schemes says.

The Court of Appeal has overturned a tribunal decision that gave an unfair dismissal victim compensation for the loss of her defined benefit pension.

The Government is not doing enough to help people save for retirement, a survey suggests.

The aggregate funding position - total assets minus total liabilities - of defined benefit schemes improved by over £40bn over the last month, the Pension Protection Fund says.

Falling house prices have wiped off £29bn from British pension pots this year as nearly a tenth of the population relies on property to fund their retirement, new research reveals.

Barclays staff are to be balloted for industrial action over the company's plans to close its final salary scheme to future accruals.