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The telephone is the least popular way to communicate with a prospective client, according to PP research.

Sarah Steel has been appointed senior new business consultant at Hymans Robertson, after leaving Aon Hewitt.

Amec Foster Wheeler has merged its two main defined benefit (DB) schemes into a defined contribution (DC) arrangement after closing the biggest fund to future accrual.

More than 200,000 companies have completed their workplace pension automatic enrolment (AE) duties according the Pensions Regulator (TPR).

The former chairwoman of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has called for the removal of the choice for employees to opt out of auto-enrolment (AE).

Lack of consistency across defined contribution (DC) default funds may result in larger numbers of members opting out, Punter Southall Aspire has warned.

The Post Office is facing strike action over plans to close its defined benefit (DB) plan to future accrual.

Trustees will soon need to comply with the regulator's updated DC framework, but drafts of the final code have left them considering the future of their schemes. James Phillips reports

Savers in defined contribution (DC) schemes will benefit from Brexit if their investments are truly diversified, says SEI's Ashish Kapur.

Samsung has introduced a workplace ISA to address the changing savings priorities of its 1400 staff.