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Three out of four employers with final salary pensions say they are certain to face future funding dilemmas, indicates new research from the National Association of Pension Funds.

FTSE 100 employers' pension deficits have increased by and aggregated £8bn over a three-month period even though there is an apparent recovery in the equity market, research suggests.

New research has highlighted an increasing gap between ‘expectation and reality' individuals have regarding their pension schemes.

Technology provider Dunstan Thomas' latest survey of IFAs, pensions administrators and providers suggests they face a herculean effort in order to overcome the challenges of A-Day.

More than half of UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) believe on-going employee pension provision places a ‘burden' on their business, a survey suggests.

Most IFAs are ready and willing to take on the distribution challenges of depolarisation and meet requirements to maintain an independent status, suggests research from software and services developer Focus Solutions.

More than half the nation sees compulsory pension contributions as a possible solution to tackling the country's £57bn pensions shortfall, suggests research.

More IFAs than ever are submitting business electronically, yet almost all that are still rely on paper application forms that are re-inputted back at the office, research from The Exchange suggests.

An online tax assessment service is being launched next month to help financial advisers and planners gain additional business from introducing their clients to a tax specialist.

Answers to some of the questions put recently users of Origo's UNIPASS digital certificate technology present somewhat unexpected findings.