Jan 26 2009
Radical action is required to help UK pension schemes, it has been suggested.
According to the National Association of Pensions Funds (NAPF), up to 52 per cent of defined benefit pension schemes currently open to new members could close due to the current economic crisis.
The organisation also found that workers' confidence in pensions has fallen, people saving for retirement may be interested to note.
Among the measures proposed by the NAPF are for the government to make itself the ultimate guarantor of the Pension Protection Fund and to build worker confidence in pensions by running information campaigns on the importance of such saving.
NAPF chief executive Joanne Segars said: "These exceptional times call for exceptional measures and new thinking.
"We have seen bold action from the government in response to the crisis in other key areas and similar action is now needed for the UK's pension schemes."
Claiming to speak for around 1,2000 pension schemes, the NAPF aims to be the leading voice on retirement provision through the workplace.
