Jack Jones analyses the attempts by EIOPA to diffuse tensions over the latest EC pensions directive.

Pensioner incomes have risen by 50% over the last 16 years according to research from the Office for National Statistics.

The Department for Work and Pensions is considering setting up a lifeboat fund for defined contribution schemes funded by a levy on contributions.

Guarantees for defined contribution funds could be an "attractive and affordable" option according to research from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

Top facts and figures from the Pension Protection fund report and accounts.

The Pension Protection Fund has seen its surplus rise to more than £1bn after achieving investment returns in excess of 25% in the year to March 2012.

Maximising DC

Financial directors are not convinced by the "mantra" that pension spending aids recruitment and retention, according to research from JLT Benefit Solutions and Cass Business School.

The Association of Corporate Trustees has adopted a provisional code of conduct to improve standards of trusteeship and ward off calls for more regulation.

Jack Jones talks to the chief executive of the Pension Protection Fund Alan Rubenstein about levies, bad press and investment strategies.