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Pension scheme failures on record-keeping have stretched as far as inaccuracies on names, addresses and dates of birth, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has warned.

Lincoln International Pensions Advisory has rebranded as Lincoln Pensions in the wake of The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) revised code on defined benefit (DB) funding.

Standard Life has announced it is closing its defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual from April 2016.

The pensions minister has revealed that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) predicts people's pension incomes will in the future be consistent with present earnings.

Even prudent retirees risk making poor decisions when pension freedoms kick-in next year, with more than one in three intending to switch their savings into a bank account.

The deficit of schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 index has more than doubled year-on-year, the latest data has shown.

Pension fund trustees are increasingly responsible for managing risk, but lack the skills to do, according to research by a pension consultancy.

The main economic risk to pension schemes is a spike in inflation, according to Barnett Waddingham.

Ladbrokes has begun a consultation into closing its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme to future accrual.

Barnett Waddingham has expanded its investment consultant team to 40 with the appointments of Rebecca Carse and Simon Cohen.