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The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has announced the new chairs for its defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) councils, effective from October.

Some 96% of retired households had disposable incomes of over £10,000 by the end of the 2016 financial year (FYE), a significant rise from just 21% in 1977, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

This week we want to know if the current emergency tax code system for pension freedom withdrawals should be replaced to avoid over-taxation.

Trustees of pension schemes of all sizes are spending more time on their roles yet are on average being paid less, latest analysis from PwC has suggested.

Legal & General (L&G) has recorded a bumper first half of the year for de-risking deals as its business in this area more than doubled from the same period in 2016.

Nigel Topping and Dr Barbara Weber have joined the £4.6bn London Pension Fund Authority's (LPFA) trustee board as it seeks to strengthen expertise in infrastructure and sustainable investment.

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has named Jacqueline Lommen as a senior defined contribution (DC) pensions strategist for northern Europe.

Most companies are not taking enough action to tackle the significant pensions inertia within their workforce, according to a survey by LifeSight.

The aggregate balance of the UK's defined benefit (DB) schemes improved by £6.2bn over July, according to the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 Index.

Occupational schemes and their administrators are lagging behind in their involvement in an industry-wide discussion on slashing transfer delays, Tom McPhail has said.