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Two-thirds of schemes say their engagement with companies has become significantly more effective over the past year, National Association of Pension Funds research shows.

The coalition government will scrap the default retirement age "as soon as possible", pensions minister Steve Webb says.

UK - The coalition government will scrap the default retirement age "as soon as possible", pensions minister Steve Webb said.

Coalition government plans to investigate allowing members to dip into their personal pension pots could "signal the end of occupational pensions", Pinsent Masons warns.

UK - The new coalition government has confirmed auto-enrolment into workplace pension schemes will go ahead.

The coalition government has confirmed auto-enrolment into workplace pension schemes will go ahead.

Pensions now have little relevance to employers and are no longer a major employee benefit for many firms, Terry Faulkner says.

Socially Responsible Investment is fast becoming a "hygiene factor" for members of defined contribution schemes, a fund manager says.

The Society of Pension Consultants has urged new pensions minister Steve Webb to make auto-enrolment and NEST his top priorities.

Fund managers have branded the German regulators ban on naked short selling of various securities in equity and fixed income markets as political posturing rather than an effective remedy to volatility.