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Just 13% of employers have reviewed their pension offerings since the April freedoms as most companies are still struggling to understand the implications, according to research.

Transaction cost up 4%

DB schemes will not vanish from FTSE 250 companies in the next 12 months according to PP research.

This week in pensions speculation was rife over tax relief reforms, the chancellor announced a cap on exit fees, and DB was set to vanish from the FTSE 250 within a year.

The North Yorkshire Pension Fund (NYPF) has confirmed it is joining the local government pension investment pool led by East Riding, Cumbria, and Surrey.

Citizens Advice has welcomed news that the Treasury will legislate to cap pension early exit charges levied on savers using pension freedoms.

Speculation is rife that Chancellor George Osborne will introduce a flat-rate of tax relief, which will benefit lower earners according to a report in the Financial Times.

PP looks at how planned LGPS reforms could undermine members' rights

Centre for Policy Studies research fellow Michael Johnson has proposed seven ways to make the local government pension scheme more sustainable.

Potential changes to pensions tax relief was ranked as the leading challenge to pensions in 2016 by a quarter of readers polled by Professional Pensions.