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What would Oscar Wilde think about the direction of pensions policy?

Demand for drawdown is likely to increase by a factor of five when retirement freedoms kick-in, causing a market ‘capacity crunch', Standard Life has warned.

The Pensions Regulator has fined its first firms over auto-enrolment issues. Natasha Browne looks at the significance of this

The industry is panicked by all the reforms unleashed in the Budget 2014, but AE is well under way. This is one area in which it can sit back and rest assured it has done enough to make the initiative work

Standard Life has announced it is closing its defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual from April 2016.

A ‘yes' vote in the Scottish referendum could see Standard Life move its pensions, investment and other long-term savings operations out of the country.

Pension providers that "cream off profits" and withdraw from the auto-enrolment (AE) market just as small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) stage should be fined, Defaqto says.

Standard Life has announced it is closing its defined benefit scheme - currently used by 55% of its employees - to future accrual from April 2016.

The cost of implementing the 0.75% charge cap has already overshot expectations from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Annuity margins at insurer Standard Life were down 59% in the first half of the year due to the sweeping changes to retirement income announced in the Budget, latest results show.