HM Revenue and Customs will write to 1.4 million employers in October to help them prepare for changes to the way the report Pay As You Earn data.

PP's weekly poll of hot issues in the pensions world.

Nine out of ten people in the industry believe the Pension Protection Fund should be more open about its reasons for denying entry to schemes, according to exclusive PP research.

Most workers without pensions want to know more about auto-enrolment and expect their employers to provide the information according to research from Standard Life.

The biggest barrier to companies using the National Employment Savings Trust is the perception that it will be difficult to brand as a "valuable employee benefit", says Towers Watson.

RM intends to more than double deficit contributions to its defined benefit scheme after closing it to future accrual later this year.

Moves from institutional investors out of UK gilts and corporate securities and into short-term investments and overseas securities slowed in the second quarter of the year.

The Pension Protection Fund has bowed to pressure and increased next year's levy estimate by 15% instead of the 25% hike feared by some analysts.

A liquid capital market in longevity risk must be created to ensure there is sufficient capacity to meet demand from schemes, argues Swiss Re.

The average length of deficit recovery plans agreed after the latest round of valuation will be three years longer than in 2011, according to research by PwC.