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Employers seeking to reduce costs should consider explicitly targeting employee benefits in a bid to mitigate the unintended consequences of pay cuts on pensions, a HSBC Actuaries and Consultants report says.

Pension schemes to face 'quality mark'; BCC calls for pensions levy to be scrapped; SPC calls for end to annual rise in final salary pensions; British firms must find hundreds of millions for bosses' pensions

The National Association of Pension Funds has launched a quality mark for defined contribution schemes in a bid to recognise firms providing good schemes for their staff.

Raquel Pichardo-Allison looks at how a largely ignored market has seen a recent surge in interest

How we go about converting years of hard-earned savings into a sufficient form of retirement income is one of the biggest financial decisions we are likely to make, and both The Pensions Regulator and the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) have...

Philip Mowbray discusses new options aimed at meeting the evolving needs of customers at retirement

David McCourt details the NAPF's response to PADA's discussion paper on personal accounts

The Personal Accounts investment discussion paper received more than 60 industry responses which will help form its final package of advice to the trustee board.

Proposals urging the government to build upon restrictions on pensions tax relief to help those less well off will not encourage good employer provision, industry bodies say.

Tim Jones has hit back at industry fears about the potentially "unfettered power" of the personal accounts trustee board.