The government will today publish a call for evidence into quality standards in workplace defined contribution (DC) schemes.

The Green Party has tabled an amendment to the Pensions Bill that would grant civil partners the same right as married couples to survivors' pensions.

Charlotte Moore looks at the trend towards indeces formed using alternative criteria

Henry Tapper says the government must stop passing the buck for combatting fraud to trustees

Labour has tabled an amendment to the Pensions Bill which would give The Pensions Regulator (TPR) the power to force trust-based defined contribution (DC) schemes to merge.

The volume of spam text messages advertising pension liberation fell by 78% after a police raid on a call centre at the heart of a fraudulent operation in the City, according to figures.

Pensions minister Steve Webb yesterday laid draft regulations before Parliament which will ban consultancy charging (CC) on auto-enrolment (AE) when they come into effect.

Employee benefits consultancy LEBC has developed an online auto-enrolment (AE) service aimed at employers of 100-250 workers.

A third of small to medium sized employers (SMEs) will pay more than the auto-enrolment (AE) minimum contributions for at least some of their workers, government statistics show.

This week, respondents demand that the industry cuts back excessive consultants' fees, but cannot decide whether fiduciary principles should extend throughout the investment chain.