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More than a third of women face retirement below the poverty line after underestimating how much they need to live a comfortable lifestyle, Prudential warns.

Pension providers are seeing a rise in lump-sum contributions to retirement funds ahead of the Budget, amid concerns the Chancellor will push ahead with plans to cut higher rate tax relief.

Royal Mint has appointed Prudential to operate its defined benefit pension scheme.

Advice given to scheme members on enhanced transfer values should be fully independent and paid for by the employer, Prudential says.

Almost a fifth (18%) of people retiring in 2010 expect to receive less than £10,000 a year from their pensions and investments, as expected incomes drop for the third year runnning, research suggests.

The £889m Dyfed Pension Fund and the £1bn Wiltshire Pension Fund have appointed Prudential UK as additional voluntary contribution provider.

UK - The £889m (US$1.3bn) Dyfed Pension Fund and the £1bn Wiltshire Pension Fund have appointed Prudential UK as additional voluntary contribution provider.