Eversheds

Small employers could phoenix their firms in an attempt to push back their auto-enrolment (AE) staging date, Eversheds partner Francois Barker says.

Eversheds partner Terry Saeedi and three colleagues have joined rival law firm Gordons to launch its pension team.

Here they are - the winners of the UK Pensions Awards 2013.

Schemes fighting court cases are being forced to walk an investment "tightrope" in the Pension Protection Fund assessment period as they struggle to secure better than PPF-level benefits.

Employers who have reached their staging date or are preparing to go live in the coming months may be hit by the proposed simplification of auto-enrolment rules, industry figures have warned.

Eversheds has launched version two of its interactive PC and iPhone app to include information on pensions law.

Pot follows member is a "ruse" to impose higher quality standards on schemes and enforce mergers, according to Michael Johnson.

Fears retiring baby boomers will monopolise resources and limit economic growth for future generations are "nothing to worry about", according to sociologist Frank Ferudi.

The £13m Ring pension scheme has entered the Pension Protection Fund, after trustees and advisers whittled down a list of over 40 companies to just four sponsors and triggered their insolvency.

Contradictory rulings from the Pensions Ombudsman will leave trustees uncertain how to handle member complaints about errors in their benefit statements, lawyers warn.