pensions

GORDON BROWN on Tuesday bluntly rejected trade union demands for concessions on workers' rights and pensions, telling them there could be "no return to the old conflicts and disorder of the past", says the Financial Times .

The government has launched a consumer stakeholder awareness campaign which it says builds on the "success" of take-up so far and gives guidance on what individuals should invest in for the short, medium and long-term.

THE IFA network owner Misys faces a revolt next week over a controversial £1.2m retention bonus for two executives, despite offering concessions to leading investors, according to the Guardian .

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.

THE CONSERVATIVE Party is said to be looking at the prospect of a "flat tax" as part of a review of the tax system, according to the Times .

PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS should be compulsory for all employees, the Daily Telegraph quotes a leading business group as saying.

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

Less than 10% of wealthy UK adults are convinced the State will be able to provide them with enough cash to live through retirement, new research indicates.

An extra £2bn in National Insurance (NI) rebates is needed to compensate those employers and members of company pension schemes opting out of the State Second Pension (S2P), new research indicates.