Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs last night published the application for fixed protection for the new lifetime allowance on pension contributions.

The government has proposed changes to pension reform which will give smaller employers more time to prepare for auto-enrolment than previously planned.

The average director of a FTSE100 company has a final salary pension worth £3.6m and paying out £174,963 per year, the High Pay Commission says.

Providers, advisers and life offices have written to the Treasury pressuring it to allow simpler transfers of assets between savings vehicles.

UK - Annuity rates could hit their lowest point for two years as the sovereign debt crises hits gilt yields, experts believe.

Annuity rates could hit their lowest point for two years as the sovereign debt crises hits gilt yields.

The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation on the way in which employers can certify the pension scheme they plan to enrol their employees into.

The low charges set by the National Employment Savings Trust will set a benchmark with which pension providers will have to compete, Legal & General says.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has promised that the goverment will create a transitional arrangement for women hit hardest by the rise in the state pension age.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) said it will monitor "suspiciously high" opt-out rates under auto-enrolment after MPs suggested some employers may force workers to leave the scheme.