Ros Altmann

The government's use of quantitative easing has given pension funds a boost, Bank of England economist David Miles claims.

Society must abandon its historic view of retirement ages and embrace working longer but in different guises, Ros Altmann says.

In our end-of-year round-up we asked industry spokespeople to preview the year ahead in pensions.

Industry gets behind PP call to arms on decent defaults

The Department for Work and Pensions is set to spend £10m on communications to ensure auto-enrolment is a success, pensions minister Steve Webb says.

Trustee boards need a radical overhaul to stamp out the "vested interests" of professional trustees appointed by sponsoring employers, an academic says.

The Bank of England move to undergo a second round of quantitative easing will be a ‘Titanic disaster' for both schemes and pensioners, Saga says.

Graduates auto-enrolled into pensions should be allowed to use their employers' contributions to pay off their debts, Ros Altmann, director-general of Saga, said.

Auto-enrolment queries are beginning to mount for The Pensions Advisory Service and now account for up to 3% of monthly calls.

Replacing tax relief on pensions with a matched savings scheme and setting up a "no-lose lottery" could help plug Britain's savings gap, a think tank says.