Investment

The Conservative Party would begin making its first compensation payments to people who lost their pensions when their employers went out of business within three months of coming into power.

Pension Protection Fund (PPF) proposals aimed at giving defined benefit (DB) pension schemes greater planning certainty would lead to unfair levies, says First Actuarial.

Employer contributions to personal pensions have grown faster than payments made to occupational schemes over the last five years, according to figures from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

More than 80% of IFAs say clients use alternatives to pensions in retirement planning, according to a report by financial services publisher Tax Briefs.

More than three million people, or 7%, rely on property investments to fund their retirement, according to research from Baring Asset Management.

Investment trusts are an important tool for retirees to consider, says Julie Dent

An eleventh-hour bid to encourage Equitable Life with-profit annuitants to vote in favour of transferring their policies to Prudential will do little to quell scepticism over the move.

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes could suffer from the credit crunch, warns actuary Lane Clark & Peacock (LC&P).

UK defined benefit pension schemes could be among the indirect casualties of the fall-out from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, according to Lane Clark & Peacock.

Average contributions will not give enough support to employees in retirement, according to research by business consultancy Mercer.