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Industry veteran Richard Stroud is to quit as a volunteer adviser with The Pensions Advisory Service amid claims of ageism at the department for work and pensions.

Dear Sirs, I have decided to write this open letter after a great deal of consideration as well as with much regret.

If you would like to participate in the 2010 cycle of the PensionDCisions Sponsor Survey - published in association with Professional Pensions - now is your last chance to be involved.

Advice on group personal pensions should be paid for on a fee basis, even if employees receive no individual advice, the Financial Services Authority says.

International law firms Lovells and Hogan & Hartson are to merge.

Kellogg's Pension Fund's Tom Stevenson recently retired from his post as pensions manager. Before he left Sebastian Cheek asked him what the scheme had done to be awarded the NAPF's Pension Quality Mark

Each month DC World asks readers for their views. This month we ask: What do you think will be the key issues facing DC schemes in 2010?

The make up of DC default funds has been a big issue during the course of 2009. While we would like to think that, with the right education people will feel confident making investment decisions, the fact remains that many do not. As a result the vast...

Panellists tackle one of the hot topics of the last year - the issues surrounding traditional default funds

The Society of Pension Consultants has condemned the delay to the introduction of personal accounts and said the move "belies confusion and indecisiveness on the part of the government".