The long-awaited update to the European Commission's directive on workplace pensions will be published on 27 March.

The University of Westminster is launching a three-year study of the changes individuals experience during the retirement transition and early stages of retirement.

This week, Buzz respondents said low interest rates have been damaging to both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) savers.

Insurers and consultants have set up an industry-wide committee to develop a good practice guide for medically underwritten bulk annuity transactions.

The proportion of the British workforce in an occupational pension scheme rose by 50% in 2013 according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Most Buzz respondents could not identify significant failings in what schemes were doing to alert members who might exceed their lifetime allowance.

The rules that allow retirees to take small pots as a lump sum need to be drastically simplified, say Buzz respondents.

An unprecedented period of ultra-low interest rates has harmed both defined benefit (DB) schemes and defined contribution (DC) savers, say Buzz respondents.

Respondents were split over whether investment charges should be banded in line with investment returns.

Jack Jones asks if the latest EC pensions directive will lead to a boom in cross-border schemes