Standard Life has appointed a board to serve on its master trust with PTL managing director Richard Butcher serving as chairman.

The industry must ensure the difference between guidance and advice is spelled if the public are to benefit fully from retirement flexibilities, warns the Money Advice Service (MAS).

Financial advisers (IFAs) will be wary of helping members transfer from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) arrangements due to fears they will be accused of mis-selling, warn consultants.

Pension administrators in the UK are more than capable of delivering partial transfers from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) says Capita Employee Benefits.

Trustees should be cautious about moving from one third party administrator (TPA) after the introduction of ‘freedom and choice' reforms, warn consultants.

UK retirees will suffer if 'freedom and choice' causes the collapse of the annuity market, says Tor Financial managing director David Harris.

While some schemes are facilitating DB-DC transfers others are more hesitant. Michael Klimes looks at why this is happening

The number of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the private sector which close to accrual will surge over the next year according to a survey from Aon Hewitt.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has revealed plans to deliver in-scheme drawdown and deferred annuities in response to the ‘freedom and choice' reforms.

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