Two thirds of the pension industry think the government should consider compulsory saving to make sure as many workers as possible had something to supplement their state pension.

Seven out of ten people in the industry do not believe the combination of statutory auto-enrolment and new flat-rate state pension will give workers enough to retire on.

The majority of the industry believes auto-enrolment (AE) in its current form will not deliver the retirement income targeted by the Pensions Commission.

Jack Jones says too many people have their heads in the sand over shortfalls

The range of accounting assumptions used by scheme sponsors to value pension liabilities narrowed significantly last year, according to research from KPMG.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and Pension Protection Fund (PPF) are investigating the pre-pack insolvency of Astracast over concerns the firm's owner has dumped its scheme on the lifeboat fund.

How the system could be reformed

Buy-in prices have fallen by up to 3% as a result of changes announced in last month's Budget, one consultant says.

The deficit in Tesco's defined benefit scheme grew from £1.8bn to £2.6bn over the year to the end of February.

EU employees moving to a different country will be able to take their full pension rights with them under a draft law passed by parliament this week.