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The government says introducing further pensions reforms in the form of personal accounts with an element of compulsion will result in an additional net £4-5bn in annual savings, equivalent to 0.5% of GDP.

The chief executive of Equitable Life has suggested the management board in charge of the insurer when it collapsed "may have been incompetent".

The white paper pension reforms will not succeed if the government does not resolve the issue of compensation for workers who lost their pensions when schemes wound-up.

Hargreaves Lansdown is launching a major campaign to try and keep Alternatively Secured Pensions open to all consumers.

With Parliament about to debate rules governing real estate investment trusts (Reits) as part of the Finance Act 2006, F&C has issued a call to include further rule changes to ensure a wider spread of Reit vehicles.

The committee investigating the actions of both government and regulators in realtion to troubles at Equitable Life will include seven UK MEPs, one of whom is the controversial UKIP member Godfrey Bloom.

Buy-to-let investors must factor in another risk in yield calculations with news the government is proposing compulsory protection of tenants' deposits in the Housing Bill currently going through Parliament.