pensions

Government research into automatic enrolment has revealed that although it is likely to increase employee membership, both employers and employees have their doubts about the system.

JUDGES ARE considering unprecedented legal action against the government in a row over changes to their pension rights, reports The Times .

People must not be seduced into placing property into Self-invested personal pensions (Sipp) once the A-day regulations come into effect in April next year, claims the Actuarial Profession.

Five fraudsters who used puppet trustees as a tool to steal almost £3m from a final salary pension fund have been jailed for a combined total of 26 years.

MISYS, the IFA network owner, capitulated to shareholder pressure yesterday and announced plans for an independent chairman three years earlier than expected, according to this morning's papers.

The surprise appointment of John Hutton as the new Work and Pensions Secretary has left the pensions industry unsure of what will happen next.

Workplace pensions schemes are under strain and the contribution of the private sector to pensions, despite government targets, seems likely to fall rather than increase, claimed the chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Women will have to wait until 2025 before they all have the same basic state pension entitlement as men claims a new report on women and pensions by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).

Possible replacements for the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (DWP), following David Blunkett's resignation, are rumoured to include John Reid and Charles Clarke.

FRIENDS PROVIDENT, the life insurance company, said yesterday sales of life insurance and pension products were nearly a third higher than last year, says the Times .