Scottish Widows

More people than ever are saving for retirement with 56% of the population now putting ‘adequate' amounts aside each month, Scottish Widows research has found.

Early research suggests people want to make the most of their pension freedoms but are providers allowing them to?

The proportion of people looking to take their pensions as cash has declined by almost a third over the weeks since the launch of the freedom reforms, according to research.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has dismissed complaints against Legal and General (L&G) and Scottish Widows after they granted transfer requests worth over £50,000 to a suspicious pension scheme.

Babloo Ramamurthy has been appointed chairman of Scottish Widows' Independent Governance Committee (IGC).

David Gulland and Peter Dorward have been appointed to Royal London's Independent Governance Committee (IGC).

PP runs through what schemes must do to be prepared for 6 April

Pensions minister Steve Webb has said providers that ignore Independent Governance Committees (IGCs) would face huge reputational damage.

Providers have shown interest in plans to allow people to unwind their annuities according to pensions minister Steve Webb.

Retaining talented employees is an ongoing challenge for many organisations, but never has it been seemingly such a challenge to retain one particular demographic of the UK workforce, as Hannah Uttley writes.