Slightly more Buzz contributors thought The Pensions Regulator (TPR) should have more auto-enrolment (AE) compliance resources than not.

Just under half of participants thought The Pensions Regulator (TPR) should regulate annuity brokers.

Far more respondents (almost half) thought financial education was the way forward for retirees, rather than independent financial advisers (IFAs) or annuity brokers.

Buzz respondents were fairly evenly split on the likelihood of a bubble in US and UK equities.

Schemes can expect to see more volatility over the next 12 months as the US continues to taper its asset purchase scheme, says Aon Hewitt head of global asset allocation Tapan Datta.

Sending out the message that decent pensions will become unaffordable in the UK as society ages is "irresponsible and almost certainly mistaken", says Barclays European chief investment officer Kevin Gardiner.

Jack Jones looks at the reasons behind falling economic confidence in the industry

The government will auction fewer index-linked gilts (ILGs) in 2014/15 as the total value of gilts issued is set to fall from £153.4bn to £128.4bn.

The annual personal tax allowance will be increased from £10,000 to £10,500, says Chancellor George Osborne.

Medically underwritten annuity specialist Partnership wrote £84m in bulk annuity business in 2013 according to the company's annual results.