Over a third of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have already staged for auto-enrolment (AE) are contributing more than the statutory minimum.

Enquiries on transferring final salary pensions overseas shot up in December as savers feared the effect of the upcoming Brexit negotiations, according to deVere Group.

Predicted economic shock

This week's top stories included Steve Webb and Charles Counsell featuring in the New Year's Honours list, the Treasury omitting pensions from a 'ways to save' poster, and proposed changes to nuclear sector pensions.

As the FCA closes its consultation on improving transparency of costs and charges in pension schemes, James Phillips asks the industry whether the watchdog has the right solution.

The Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) and GKN Group have approved a £190m buyout in one of the first de-risking deals of 2017.

Royal Mail has started a formal consultation process on closing its "unaffordable" defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual from April 2018.

BESTrustees has promoted trustee executive Heather McGuire to its senior board.

The combined deficit of FTSE 350 defined benefit (DB) schemes rose by £98bn over 2016, according to Mercer data.

Defined benefit (DB) transfer values rose by £31,000 over 2016 thanks to a fall in gilt yields, according to Xafinity's monthly index.