Rachel Dalton on how the Coalition is pinning all its hopes on the state pension

Prudential Group chief executive Tidjane Thiam has been nominated as the next chairman of the Association of British Insurers.

Closed life fund consolidator Phoenix Group will sell £5bn worth of in-payment annuities to Guardian Financial Services next month.

Just over half of workers are unaware that their employer would soon auto-enrol them in a pension scheme, according to Hymans Robertson research.

Asset managers must act now to take advantage of prolonged market volatility, a report says, after the study revealed growing investor appetite for more dynamic asset strategies.

Providers operating master trusts may form a trade association, possibly as part of the National Association of Pension Funds.

Pensioners' incomes has grown faster since 1999 than those of working age people, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.

The Competition Commission has ruled against BT's attempt to pay down its scheme deficit by increasing the charge it levies on competitors to use its broadband line.

Failure to shop around for an annuity is costing pensioners £124m per year, Key Retirement Solutions claims.

The demand for liability driven investment strategies among small and medium defined benefit schemes will grow over the next three years, Aon Hewitt says.