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Failed negotiations on the terms of the UK's departure from the European Union (EU) could see globally diversified equity portfolios lose as much as 11%.

This week we want to know if Michael Johnson's idea for auto-drawdown at age 55 and auto-annuitisation at age 80 could reduce financial risk to savers.

This week's top stories include a Treasury letter confirming no changes to pensions tax relief in the near future, and Frank Field questioning the level of benefits promised to BHS members.

John Dickson has been appointed senior partner at Hymans Robertson.

A successful hack of the pensions dashboard would be a scandal "beyond anything to date", according to the Pensions Management Institute's (PMI) Tim Middleton.

Kier Group cut the aggregate deficit of its defined benefit (DB) schemes by £43m over 2016, according to its latest annual results.

Industry is worried the chancellor's back-down on NICs for self-employed increases chances of tax relief overhaul.

The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) has called for savers to be "automatically protected" in retirement by phasing them between drawdown and annuitisation.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is proposing changes to its levy rules for the next triennium from 2018/19 to develop a more accurate assessment of insolvency risk.

Richard Wiscombe has been appointed as a trustee support manager by Capital Cranfield as it continues to see demand for its services.