UK - Trustees at the Cadbury Pension Fund have sought to reassure scheme members in the wake of US-food company Kraft's takeover.

Trustees at the Cadbury Pension Fund have sought to reassure scheme members in the wake of US-food company Kraft's hostile takeover.

Pension industry salary increases and bonus payments suffered during 2009 as a result of "challenging" economic conditions, an exclusive Sammons Pensions survey reveals.

Future retirees saw £17bn slashed from their defined contribution pension pot in January and February as stock market losses and tumbling annuity rates hit.

Firms operating short-term local authority contracts could face crippling pension bills following the Local Government Pension Scheme's triennial funding valuation at the end of March, Eversheds warns.

Readers Digest UK has gone into administration after The Pensions Regulator vetoed an agreement to settle its long-standing pension scheme liability.

The £1.3bn Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London Trustee Company has appointed Partha Dasgupta as independent trustee and member of the investment committee.

Grove Pensions Solutions has sought to tackle increased regulatory scrutiny by launching a new proposition for smaller defined benefit schemes.

An influential coalition of investors, including 33 pension funds, has demanded 86 major companies produce overdue sustainability reports.

GLOBAL - An influential coalition of investors, including 33 pension funds, has demanded 86 major companies produce overdue sustainability reports.