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Increased employer contributions may not reduce the risk-based levies from the Pension Protection Fund.

THE GOVERNMENT could force companies to pay higher levies to its £575m pensions lifeboat after a key finding yesterday by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

AXA, THE FRENCH insurance giant, is understood to be in talks to buy Thinc Destini, the fast-growing financial advice group, for around £170m.

THE NEW HEAD of the Pension Protection Fund will encourage companies to use swaps to manage their pensions promises, The Times has learnt

Capita Hartshead has been appointed by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to take administrative control of compensation payments to members of eligible defined benefit (DB) pension schemes which have failed.

STANDARD LIFE IS bracing itself for a second round of takeover approaches after it emerged that Resolution - one of the companies already knocked back by the Edinburgh assurer - is considering a return to the table with a fresh offer, reports The Scotsman...

COMPANIES WILL TODAY receive a new ratings score that will determine how much they must pay towards the Government's £575m pension fund safety net, reports The Times .

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) fails those it was designed to help most and does not provide the safety net it claims to, an occupational pensions specialist has claimed.

A series of pension trustee workshops are to be jointly held by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and the Pensions Management Institute (PMI).

Companies need to clear outstanding bills before the end of March or they could see their Pension Protection Fund (PPF) levy quadruple, claim two leading consulting firms.