Aegon is taking a former employee to the Court of Appeal after being ordered to compensate her for the loss of a final

salary pension.

Tesco has raised almost half a billion pounds from a deal with its pension scheme to unlock value in the retailer’s property.

Clarke Willmott is seeking individuals adversely affected by alternative secured pension (ASP) laws to take part in litigation against HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

The structure of regulations that reduce the cap on annual pension increases will be kept under review, pensions minister Angela Eagle has revealed.

Legal & General Investment Management has called for greater collective action on behalf of institutional shareholders to improve corporate governance.

Regulations governing unfunded pension schemes are forcing companies to make uncompetitive bids for public sector contracts, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned.

Funding plans that surpass the 10-year trigger will face tough questions from the Pensions Regulator over the strength of their employer, warned Hymans Robertson.

A regular constable is on duty at all times – there is no time, when he is within the jurisdiction, at which he does not have this public duty.

A multi-client, cross-border asset pooling platform has been launched by Aegon and Citi.

UK companies are reserving around £40bn to account for pension scheme liabilities according to KPMG’s Pensions Accounting Survey 2009.

An initiative has been launched to help investors understand their ‘forest footprint’, a measure of the extent to which agricultural commodities contribute to deforestation.

Tom Willetts speaks to the Pensions Regulator’s executive director of business delivery June Mulroy to clear up common misconceptions about its approach to recovery plans, and helping trustees achieve a solution that benefits both schemes and sponsors.

A classics degree is not typical training for a career in financial services. I am a classicist, but I have not come across many others during my involvement in the world of pensions, although Lawrence Churchill is one (I would be delighted to hear from any others). But a classical training does give you a good grasp of language, and a word the ancient Greeks were very fond of was ‘conflict’. In the ancient world, a conflict was a real humdinger of a disagreement – the Trojan War is a good example.

Rather naively, I predicted the financial services industry might come up with a sophisticated, robust product for LCDCs.

With recent global government focus on green jobs, stimulus capital directed towards renewable energy and energy efficiency, many institutional investors are looking to take advantage of investment opportunities in the area often referred to as clean technology or ‘clean tech’.

The ISC oversees a range of organisations with varying objectives, says Tom Powdrill, and it seems this has helped to water down its long-anticipated paper in response to the credit crisis.

With Wimbledon kicking off this week, it seems like fate to hear from John Moret, director of sales and marketing at Suffolk Life, and his passion for tennis.

Looking at the latest issues in the pensions industry, Pensions Week asked trustees how these are affecting their own schemes.

01 Two months on from the announcement of a cap on tax relief for pension contributions by high earners, what have you found to be the repercussions for your scheme?

Those who saw little impact from this surprise change to tax laws cited low numbers of members that would be affected. Several also said it was too early to tell. A few were very worried.

Law firm DWF has appointed Martin Jenkins as national head of its pensions team.

Barnett Waddingham has promoted four staff to partners in its actuarial team, as the firm celebrates its 20th anniversary.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has appointed Ken Hogg as insurance sector director.

Liontrust Asset Management has appointed Adrian Collins as non-executive director and deputy chairman.

The Actuarial Profession has published a new model for forecasting future improvements in longevity which is expected to become the industry’s benchmark.

Hewitt Associates has called on company treasurers to increase their involvement in managing the funding of UK companies' pension schemes.

Pension scheme managers and trustees remain unconvinced that the recession is over and many expect more bad news to follow.

We share the concerns of Frank Field MP (guest column in Pensions Week on 25 May) to protect pension fund assets. Unfortunately, his analysis of securities lending and short selling is seriously flawed.

Capita Hartshead has acquired Gissings Consultancy Services for an undisclosed sum.