The Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board has launched an investigation into the conduct of an accountant in connection with matters related to the financial statements of Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1999.

Great-West Retirement Services (Europe) has withdrawn from the competitive dialogue process for personal account scheme administration services.

As many as 150,000 additional people will be caught out by the extension of higher-rate tax relief restrictions.

Nearly two-thirds of pension managers believe personal accounts will not go ahead in their current form.

Gartmore has confirmed it intends to float on the London Stock Exchange next month.

There will be an ongoing process of automatic re-enrolment into personal accounts, pensions minister Angela Eagle says.

The High Court has ruled it is legal for employers to force workers to retire at the age of 65.

Most employees expect to delay their retirement as a result of the recession, Aon Consulting research suggests.

The Government is considering starting the Personal Accounts trustee corporation early in a bid to prepare for the 2012 reforms.

Reforms introducing auto-enrolment, employer duties and personal accounts will be staged in over a three year period from 2012, the department for work and pensions (DWP) says.