pensions

THE HEAD of the UK's pension fund lobby has launched a stinging attack on the Turner proposals for reforming the pensions system, reports The Guardian.

The Society of Pension Consultants have launched two aids to help scheme administrators meet their new responsibilities as A-Day approaches.

SMALL BUSINESSES could receive a government subsidy to ease the pain of having to pay a 3% contribution to employees' pensions under the Pension Commission's proposals, Adair Turner, has told The Financial Times .

Finalised contingent asset certification and guidance has now been added to the website of the Pension Protection Fund.

Nearly one in three pension schemes have reduced their exposure to equities in the last year, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

The Treasury Select Committee has criticised the government for the late timing of the u-turn on investing residential property in self invested personal pensions (sipp).

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued additional guidance on rules relating to employer contributions to pension schemes.

WILLEM Buiter, a former member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee and professor at the London School of Economics, yesterday called for an end to the regulatory regime that is forcing pension funds into buying long-dated government bonds...

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is planning to hold a series of workshops around the country to answer questions on the risk based levy.

ONLY A FEW people have so far been compensated by the government's £400m scheme for workers who have been denied their pensions, nearly two years after the project was announced, reports The Times.