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Pension schemes are failing to keep track of members' records, a survey by JLT Benefit Solutions and the Pensions Management Institute has found. A study of 350 people managing pension [...]

Americans are rapidly coming to accept that they must shoulder the principal burden of funding their retirements, but many still look to the possibility of an employer's offering a defined [...]

A poll of 151 executives responsible for the management of defined benefit plans found that 78% of executives think pension reform will make plan management more complex. While 62% of […]

COMPULSORY pensions have received an overwhelming thumbs down from people who are most at risk of poverty in old age. New research from the Association of British Insurers showed that [...]

LABOUR'S long-winded attempt to solve retirement problems with the Pensions Bill has been met by much criticism from industry commentators. Pensions experts emerged blinking from their reading of the lengthy [...]

A survey of employees in Southeast England was conducted to determine how the availability of an occupational pension effects employee loyalty and motivation. The survey showed that while employees appreciated pension plans provided by their employer, it was just one of multiple pension options available and its effect on an employee's loyalty to the company was weak.

MPS are out of step with their constituents when giving their verdict on the thorny issue of compulsory pensions contributions, according to research by Birmingham Midshires. Reports suggested that seven [...]

SCAREMONGERING in the pensions market has frightened people off saving for retirement. According to a new report by Comdirect, industry jitters that suggest money should be in property or anything [...]

By Winokur, Cheryl A survey of more than 1,000 investors suggests they would like more control over their retirement savings. Sixty percent said they would support a program that would [...]

A panel of experts discusses the motion on whether a 29-year old should have no confidence in pensions are presented. The experts are Hogan Lovell's Ed Brown, Goldman Sachs Doug Watt, Financial Times' Sophia Greene, Pensions Policy Institutes' Niki Cleal, Hewitt's Kevin Wesbroom, and Hymans Robertson's Ronnie Bowie.

Highlights of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland Pensions Auditor Discussion Forum are presented. The main topics include the role of The Pensions Regulator and the recent updated guidance on record-keeping. The issue of multi-employer plans and understanding of trustees on what a pensions audit involves were also touched during the discussion.

A poll of Canadian CEOs shows that they overwhelmingly support the government's pension reform proposals. Proposals that received top marks include changes to tax laws that allow plans to run surpluses of 25 percent and the plan to make pensions a priority in the event that a company goes bankrupt.

A JLT Benefit Solutions Ltd survey shows that 41% of employees said that they are afraid they will have to depend on a State pension or believe they are not doing enough to invest in their retirement. Findings show that less than four in 10 respondents are confident that their pension will be sufficient for the future. Employees' use of retirement planning is also discussed.

About 25% of people over 40 years of age believe that their retirement pensions or Social Security will become insolvent, according to a survey conducted by Behavioral Science Research. Of the 558 household financial decision-makers surveyed, nearly half of those aged 45 to 54 believed that Social Security benefits will be spent by the time they retire. Banks can position retirement savings plans, such as 401(k) and mutual funds, as safe financial investments to fill the gap left by Social Security or pension benefits., A recent survey suggests that consumers' outlook on retirement is gloomier than previously thought. Interviews with retirees, and those preparing to retire, found that many believe their savings are inadequate, [...]