Balanced pooled funds posted a median return of 18.4% in the third quarter of 2009, latest pooled pension fund performance results from BNY Mellon Asset Servicing reveal.

Pension scheme liabilities could hit £1.2trn by the end of December as a result of a sharp decrease in AA corporate bond yields, Xafinity Consulting warns.

The Association of British Insurers has confirmed Maggie Craig as the trade body's interim director general.

People must become more involved in their retirement provision ahead of significant changes to the pension landscape, a Pensions Policy Institute report warns.

West Yorkshire Pension Fund head of pensions and investments Stuart Imeson is retiring today after 25 years of service with the scheme.

There are signs the government is meeting some of the challenges facing the pensions industry, the Confederation of British Industry says.

The state pension age must increase to 70 by 2015 to avoid drastic public sector spending cuts, a research body says.

Hymans Robertson has expanded its public sector pensions team with two consultant hires.

Current incentives to defer taking a pension are so attractive they provide a "back door" state retirement age of 70, the Institute of Directors says.

Defined contribution schemes should focus on asset allocation rather than searching for skilled active managers, Watson Wyatt says.