B&CE is to launch a new brand to extend its pension provision to the wider market in November.

Auto-enrolment may not make a difference to saving rates until 2015, according to the Con­federation of British Industry.

Social care will suffer as people work for longer and receive a smaller pension, Pensions Policy Institute research director Chris Curry told delegates.

The retail distribution review will "ratchet up" the professionalism of financial advisers, according to the Financial Service Authority's head of investment policy Peter Smith.

A code of conduct for corporate trustees is being "examined" by The Association of Corporate Trustees.

Increasing the state pension age could bring economic hardship to people in their early 60s, according to TUC head of campaigns and communications Nigel Stanley.

Auto-enrolment will be the "next catastrophe in the pensions industry", delegates at the Society of Pension Consultants conference heard.

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.

Rachel Reeves has been promoted to shadow chief secretary for the Treasury in the Labour cabinet reshuffle but her replacement in the pensions brief has not been announced.