Royal London Asset Management has appointed Grant Hadland as head of consultant relationships in its institutional business development team.

Sackers has hired two new solicitors to its expanding team of pensions lawyers.

Labour has made a last attempt to stall the government's increase to the state pension age in the very last stages of the Pensions Bill.

Lawyers have dismissed The Pensions Regulator's warning to investors that it will take action against firms triggering pre-pack insolvencies to offload pension liabilities from businesses.

The pensions industry must become more transparent on costs and charges and hold firm on the merits of auto-enrolment, delegates heard.

Labour has called on the government to stick to the schedule for auto-enrolment.

One in three workers will opt out of their employer's pension scheme, according to a Populus poll for the National Association of Pension Funds.

Pension funds are developing a code of conduct around charging transparency which will see customers told "in pounds and pence" how much of their savings are lost in management charges.

The National Employment Savings Trust has unveiled some of the 25 employers already using its services.

Steve Webb has reinforced his commitment to auto-enrolment being rolled out in 2012, amid reports the government is considering delaying the reforms.