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Government proposals to end compulsory annuitisation could increase member longevity risk, the Pensions Policy Institute believes.

Aviva is launching a free smartphone application to make pensions planning simpler and more accessible.

Almost two-thirds of single female pensioners receive less than £5,000 a year in private pension payments, statistics show.

The industry is likely to be kept waiting until November to hear the findings from the auto-enrolment review, Nigel Waterson says.

Ros Altmann, director-general of Saga, has slammed Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean after he encouraged people to spend their savings to boost the economy.

Between 2000 and 2009 Britons collectively saved £384bn into pension funds and life insurance products, according to research from Lloyds TSB and the Office for National Statistics.

More than half of small firms believe the government's auto-enrolment reforms will add significantly to their costs, Association of Consulting Actuaries research shows.

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The National Association of Pension Funds has highlighted trustee fears of unlimited fines or two years in prison for breaching new rules aimed at limiting investment in sponsoring employers.

There continues to be "overwhelming rejection" of the BBC's pension proposal, despite a revised offer from the director general, trade unions say.