Retirement

Inheritance experts are warning the government not to expect assets and bequests to fill the pensions gap.

Assumptions about improving mortality rates could be undone by a rising tide of obesity, undoing government policy in areas such as pensions, according to a keynote speech at a conference jointly organised by The Actuarial Profession.

A consumer survey commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions is unlikely to add anything to the pensions debate, despite this being the government's intention, say industry officials.

UK consumers do not trust the government over the issue of pension provision, according to new research from Key Retirement Solutions.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has announced it has assumed responsibility for the Fraud Compensation Fund, which replaces the Pensions Compensation Board.

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced the new funding requirements for defined benefit occupational pensions schemes will come into force on 31 October 2005.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a series of three independent reports examining hybrid, or risk sharing, pension scheme designs.