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Information about the widening gap between public- and private-sector pension provision is presented. It is believed that this gap is fuelling the clamor for reform from the CBI, the Institute of Directors, and assorted think-tanks. Unions that represent public-sector employees also believe that nobody will benefit from a leveling down of public-sector provision.

A Gallup survey performed Oct 14-21, 1998, found that most Canadians consider retirement a priority in planning their savings budgets. Of those polled, 85% list retirement their first savings choice, with 64% indicating university education as another savings priority. Retirement is the primary concern among 72% of respondents 50-64 years of age.

Byline: Andra Varin California voters want state employees to make some sacrifices on their pension plans as the state struggles to get its bloated budget under control, according to a [...]

Byline: Luis F. Perez A new poll shows a majority of Californians support capping public pensions, increasing the retirement age for state and what they pay toward their benefits, the [...]

Almost half of Wisconsin voters want voters to have the right to approve or reject new pension plans agreements between government officials and union members if those pacts will lead [...]

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 [...]

Mephisto is all knowing and all seeing - a truly global citizen, but this week he wishes he was a Dane. Not because he has a thing for Danish women [...]

The UK's state pension system has come under scrutiny after an industry report placed it last in Europe for the second year running. In a report by Aon Consulting measuring [...]

Pension benefits in the UK have been ranked worse than Estonia and Latvia with consultants predicting the state of UK provision will slip even further behind its EU counterparts. The [...]

Advisers must regain the trust of the public if falling sales are to be reversed and the protection gap closed, says Protection Intermediaries' Forum chairman Andy Couchman. He says advisers […]

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 [...]

'The Government can be held to account by an independent body' Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton welcomes regular independent pension reviews and private sector involvement to ensure the Government […]

The majority of pensions professionals are largely dissatisfied with the A-Day reforms, according to a survey carried out by AP Information Services. Of the 500 pension fund managers and fund […]

The National Pension Savings Scheme (NPSS) will not work because the government is incapable of running a computer system efficiently and consumers do not feel confident enough to make investment [...]

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 saving in pensions is neither simple nor efficient, says the ABI, after researching pension arrangements around the world. The ABI found evidence that voluntary saving can be made to […]

Pensions crisis warnings have instilled fear in younger people about financial security in old age, but for those already in retirement, other issues take precedence over money Concerns over the […]

Advisers are expecting Sipp business to take a significant upturn after A-Day. Research by Morgan Stanley Quilter shows that over 80 per cent of IFAs have seen an increase in […]

The CBI has joined the ABI in its criticism of the NAPF's plan for a citizen's pension and an end to contracting out. The CBI has waded into the long-running […]

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 [...]

Industry professionals are being asked to show off their creative side by entering the Art of Pensions 2004. Pendragon Professional Information is calling for views of the current pensions world [...]

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 [...]

AXA Corporate Benefit Solutions and FT Business recently hosted a lunchtime discussion on current pensions issues for a selection of leading pensions and benefits advisers. For anyone interested in seeing [...]

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.

PricewaterhouseCoopers partner John Shuttleworth - a supporter of insurance for pension schemes - said the experience of the Pensions Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) in the US did not discredit the [...]