Trade union Siptu is resisting attempts by Pfizer to shut down its defined benefit — DB — pension scheme for 1,000 Irish employees.

THROUGH the dimming twilight, it is Dearly Beloved (DB) who first spots the serried ranks of vintage Rolls Royces lined up at Hayfield Manor. 

Keen to avoid giving your father a gift that doesn’t really wash? Lisa Haynes rounds up the best in preening for pops.

A rare Aston Martin car once owned by actor Sir Peter Ustinov is up for auction and could fetch more than 1 million.

The status of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes remains “a fragile one”, the Pensions Authority has said, noting that too much investment risk is being taken by trustees in order to meet liabilities.

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Three large department stores have been caught up in a storm in a D-cup.

A pensions expert has said it would be “grossly unfair” on members of defined contribution schemes if the Government were to impose a another pension levy on all schemes to fund the insolvent ones.

IN the days before Dearly Beloved and I were blessed with those small, nocturnal creatures that subsist on a strict diet of hard cash and parental resolve, we were fond of Star Anise for a little mid-week morale booster.

GREENE’S opening gambit is an exterior most restaurants would kill for: off a busy city street, through an old stone archway to a secluded natural waterfall.

A MAN has complained to the Dáil Public Accounts Committee he is not being granted access to his German savings account which is part of his pension fund.

DURING the week the Government had a brief moment of clarity and realised the stresses facing the defined benefit pensions sector.

A LEADING pensions expert has called for a radically new approach to pension funding to deal with crisis.

A PENSION and sick pay deal covering 400 workers at Liebherr Container Cranes ended industrial unrest after management promised to inject €3 million into a company pension scheme.

British freight rail operator EWS today looked set for German ownership after talks on a possible €370m sale were reported to be at an advanced stage.

THE British competition watchdog yesterday ordered a probe into rival takeover plans for the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

EXPERTS have warned greater vigilance on the pension front is required to avoid a pensions scandal.

Britsh transport group Arriva is considering expanding its continental European rail operations, it emerged today.

Deutsche Bank chairman Josef Ackermann has called on the European banking industry to face up to the threat of US banking dominance by setting up a number of cross border mergers.

EMPLOYERS should be forced to provide pension schemes with defined end benefits to workers under the next national pay agreement the Amicus MSF union argues.