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The gender gap in pensions is closing as half of women are saving adequately for retirement, but they are still putting away less than men, research finds.

Lawyer warns that Pensions Bill amendment may have unintended consequences for some schemes.

Union bosses have accused Remploy of planning to wind-up its defined benefit scheme after documents suggested trustees were seeking to pay off its deficit.

Bosses have urged the government to clarify "current complexity and confusion" over the nuts and bolts of auto-enrolment.

Mercer has hired a key employee from the National Employment Savings Trust as a senior consultant in its governance and trustee services group.

Labour has made a final attempt to change the government's reforms of women's state pensions.

The shipping industry needs more time to prepare for auto-enrolment because of the unique challenges faced in enrolling offshore workers, First Actuarial says.

Companies with mid-to-late 2013 auto-enrolment staging dates will pose the biggest challenge to the pensions industry because of a "resource drain", according to Punter Southall.

Pension schemes will soon find themselves in gold, silver or bronze position as the Department of Work and Pensions gets into the spirit of the Olympics.

Employer debt changes put on hold