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Many defined contribution pension pots are this week worth no more than the cash contributions paid into them over the last five years, PwC analysis finds.

Emma Watkins of MetLife Assurance Limited explains what auto-enrolment means for employers, and how they need to prepare to ensure they and their staff are ready.

Lord McFall has called for an industry code of practice to establish a normal 0.5% for defined contribution management fees.

Xafinity has binned its in-house trustee firm HR Trustees and appointed Bridge Trustees for its master trust after The Pensions Regulator highlighted industry-wide conflict of interest concerns.

Andrew Cheseldine of LCP discusses the broader implications of auto-enrolment.

Just how are we going to get more people saving for retirement?

Annual allowance changes are forcing schemes to offer non-pensionable cash supplements and slower accrual rates to stop employees breaching the £50,000 limit on pension contributions.

Government should cap defined contribution scheme charges to match the existing limits on stakeholder pensions to avoid complaints about ‘mis-selling', the Workplace Retirement Income Commission says.

Panellists discuss the preparations schemes are making ahead of the introduction of auto-enrolment and whether bundled schemes are unsuitable for this

This week's letter to the editor comes from First Actuarial's Henry Tapper