The Pensions Regulator has proposed to give its determinations panel an express power to request additional material when considering cases.

The improving strength of the UK's manufacturing and services sectors should ensure the economy avoids a double-dip recession, said the British Chambers of Commerce.

The Pensions Ombudsman has ruled against a complainant who argued part of his pension should be classified as DC in order to protect it from Pension Protection Fund reductions.

Lane Clark & Peacock has unveiled a fixed-fee pensioner buy-in service in a bid to make smaller buy-ins cheaper for trustees and scheme sponsors.

Teachers and college lecturers in London will strike today over changes to public sector pensions, whilst across the country Unite health workers stage demonstrations.

JLT Pension Capital Strategies has appointed Martyn Phillips as head of buyout consulting from 2 April.

The Financial Services Authority has removed the permissions of SIPP provider HD Administrators with immediate effect after two directors were arrested.

The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has voted in favour of the Omnibus II directive - providing insurers with extra time to comply with Solvency II.

Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed that the government will push ahead with reforms to the state pension but said age-related personal allowances will be scrapped.

The government will publish proposals on increasing the state pension age automatically this summer.