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The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) will amend legislation to allow contracted-out benefits to be transferred into a scheme which has never been contracted-out.

A union proposal for Royal Mail to create a risk sharing scheme has brought back the idea of defined ambition. Stephanie Baxter looks at how it would work and if it could set a blueprint for others

The decision to merge the three guidance bodies into one is unnecessary and could even reduce the quality of services, the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) has warned.

The regulator's call to ban transfers to small self-administered schemes (SSASs) to help crack down on scams has received little support from the industry.

Schemes can improve their governance by putting more member-nominated trustees (MNTs) on their board, according to the Association of Member-Nominated Trustees.

Millions of low-paid earners and self-employed workers will be missing out on pensions unless the government expands the auto-enrolment (AE) programme, Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) research finds.

Members of the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) have been urged to set up a broad inquiry into hidden costs and charges faced by pension schemes.

The government should establish an independent pensions commission to promote the betterment of private retirement income provision and make recommendations on both state and public sector provision, the Association of Consulting Actuaries says.

Over 9 in 10 small businesses support a call for the government to introduce a statutory override for scheme indexation, a survey has found.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) needs a more preventative and flexible approach to protect the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has been told.