final salary

Several high-profile BBC journalists walked out this morning in a strike against the broadcaster's proposed pension reforms.

Over 100,000 civil servants will qualify for retirement aged 50 on final salary pensions as part of the coalition's cuts to public sector jobs.

Over 12,000 teachers have written to their MPs to oppose the public sector pensions cuts proposed by Lord Hutton.

Our step-by-step guide to calculating the potential tax charges for defined benefit schemes following Treasury changes to the annual allowance.

Lowering the annual pension contribution allowance to £40,000 could persuade some middle-management public servants to take up career average schemes to avoid harsh tax penalties, pensions expert Tom McPhail says.

The directors of the UK's top 102 companies accrue pension pots of £3.8m on average, a study by TUC PensionsWatch says.

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

Around 20% of SIPP holders use the product as a supplement to their main pension, a Barclays Stockbrokers study has found.

The Office for National Statistics will postpone its next release of data on economic growth, in an highly unusual move for the official statistician.

BP could have to slash dividend payments both this year and in 2011, warns Hargreaves Lansdown.