Unions will fiercely defend government calculations of future public sector pension benefit payments, in their submission to John Hutton

An unnoticed flaw in the pensions act could see schemes in surplus hamstrung from bailing out sponsors on the brink of insolvency.

The Pensions Regulator was remiss in giving Lehman subsidiaries just four months to make a case against a Financial Service Direction (FSD), lawyers have warned.

Implementing the Walker stewardship code on corporate governance will drive up fund management fees for schemes.

Just 11% of Shell investors rejected the company’s controversial oil  sands project, as lawyers urged schemes to take oil firm corporate  governance more seriously.

Resolution’s acquisition of Axa’s corporate pensions business will give the insurer scale to help capitalise on auto-enrolment.

Parity in remuneration rules for private and workplace pensions is important to stop advisers inventing products for commission, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned.

The first pension scheme longevity swap based on national, rather than scheme specific, life expectancy figures will complete in the next few weeks.

BP was dealt a further blow this week when doubt was cast on its growth projections for the next 20 years.

Nearly a quarter of the FTSE 100 has been targeted by investment banks trying to fast-track through longevity swaps in recent months.