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More than half of the public believe auto-enrolment (AE) will ensure better security in retirement for younger generations, according to research from NOW Pensions.

Helen Morrissey looks at whether the DWP's call for evidence on DC standards covers the right issues

The latest publication from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows private sector pensions coverage at only 2.9m, the lowest since 1953.

The number of people saving into an occupational scheme has fallen by around 500,000 since 2010, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has laid before Parliament a "shorter and clearer" code of conduct on trust-based defined contribution (DC) schemes.

Paul Osborne has been appointed managing director of UK and European sales by PineBridge Investments, bringing two decades of experience to the role.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chairman John Griffith-Jones has warned insurers to learn the lessons of the banking crisis and work harder to regain consumers' trust.

Auto-enrolment (AE) has triggered a "change of emphasis" in the type of schemes and services small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) want, Aon Hewitt partner Russell Agius says.

The value of defined contribution (DC) lifestyle funds has fallen by 5% on average since May as bond prices dropped, research from Hargreaves Lansdown shows.

Industrial labour provider Gap Personnel has appointed NOW Pensions as its auto-enrolment (AE) provider, as the fourth recruitment firm to sign up with the master trust.