Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association

The newly-appointed chairman of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has pledged to "open up" the organisation in a bid to improve policy development.

A raft of consultations and draft regulations will greet the industry over the coming weeks and months, the pensions and financial inclusion minister confirms.

The pensions and financial inclusion minister has urged the industry to 'evangelise pensions and saving' in his first major speech to the industry.

Members of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) could see a change in their membership fee as the trade body hints it will evaluate its charging model.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) could ditch its defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) councils and replace them with a single policy board.

National retirement income targets are needed to help savers understand whether they are putting away enough money for old age, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) suggests.

There has been a huge amount of talk about the challenges facing DB schemes. Jonathan Stapleton asks if we are really facing a crisis and, if so, what needs to happen.

Baroness Altmann believes DB scheme consolidation would both reduce administration costs and deliver better outcomes for members

Joe Dabrowski says superfunds will encourage employers to "step up" and pay more into schemes earlier than under existing arrangements.

The government's white paper on defined benefit (DB) sustainability may include a heavy focus on scheme consolidation, benefit simplification and The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) powers, a senior civil servant has hinted.