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Hannah Brenton investigates whether shareholders’ newfound voice will peter out or flourish under defined contribution.

Joint life annuities still have a role to play according to the Pension Advisory Service.

Steve Webb will call on the industry to create saving vehicles with affordable guarantees to meet the "huge appetite for certainty" among consumers.

The Department for Work and Pensions has published guidance on auto-enrolment scheme certification for employers and advisers.

The pensions divide between men and women is set to widen, as figures show men increased their saving ratio over the last year while women cut contributions.

Impaired life annuities could offset ‘unfair' rises in state pension age for groups with lower life expectancy, the pension minister says.

An upcoming paper by an Actuarial Profession working group considers the use of money back guarantees for DC members to encourage saving. But at what price?

Employers are being put off adopting risk-sharing models by an unrewarding regulatory regime, the Association of Consulting Actuaries honorary secretary has claimed.

The National Association of Pension Funds chairman has called for government intervention in the defined contribution market to create up to ten super trusts of £10bn-£20bn each.

The Pensions Regulator will apply its features of good defined contribution schemes on a ‘comply or explain' basis, TPR chairman Michael O'Higgins has said.