pensions

The Equal Opportunities Commission has today called for 30 year old sex discrimination laws to be updated claiming the current laws have reached the limit of their usefulness.

Brendan Barber, general secretary of the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) has said today progress on pensions has gone backwards accusing employers of continuing to walk away from their responsibilities.

TONY BLAIR is preparing for a big struggle with the Chancellor over measures to avert a pensions crisis, reports the Financial Times.

UNIT TRUSTS and other independent fund managers could benefit from multi-billion pound transfers out of life assurance policies after next April, reports the Daily Telegraph .

Financial advice has a direct impact on the level of savings people make, and could be the key to solving the savings crisis claims new research from Standard Life.

The head of strategy at the Pensions Regulator has been re-elected as the president of the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS).

The Government has dropped plans to issue a blanket ban prohibiting all self-invested pension plans (SIPPs) from holding protected rights.

There is always one thing you can predict about the last week before Christmas - everybody will be making predictions.

BLUE CHIP companies tempted to follow Rentokil Initial's landmark move to water down staff pension rights were warned by unions yesterday to expect fierce resistance, according to the Times .

With just over four months to go until A-Day, 45% of trustees and employers still have not started adapting their pension scheme administration ready for the changes, claims new research by Mercer.