Investment

Pension funds are calling for an urgent meeting with The Pensions Regulator to discuss ways of protecting UK schemes from the negative effects of quantitative easing, after the Bank today expanded the programme by £75bn.

The Bank of England's (BoE) second round of quantitative easing (QE) will be a "Titanic disaster" for pension schemes and members, Saga says.

Pensioners have been warned by police to keep a lookout when using cash point machines, following a number of "distraction thefts" outside banks and building societies in Coventry.

Retirement Planner's round up of the top pensions stories.

Nationals round-up: ETFs came under the microscope following the UBS scandal, while downturn-beating funds, retirement income and Halifax's savings accounts also featured.

James Hay Partnership's Neil MacGillivray explains how a client can get more for less.

Ed Miliband was heckled by delegates at this week's TUC conference after he sparked trade union fury by describing strikes over public sector pension reforms as "a mistake".

Trade unions this morning declared war on government pension policy after three of the country's biggest confirmed some 1.65 million workers would move to strike in November over public sector pensions.

This week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll asks: Do you believe the DWP should accelerate the increase in State Pension Age to age 67?

A former director of advisory firm Towry Law has written a book about his experiences in his second career as a celebrity booker.