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Benchmark 10-year gilt yields passed 1% yesterday for the first time since June's referendum, as overseas investors continued to shed sterling assets over fears of a 'hard' Brexit.

This week we want to know if people should be able to use their pensions to buy homes and if fears that NEST will become a monopoly are justified.

The pre-pack administration arrangement for turkey producer Bernard Matthews seems to have been designed to “dump” its pension scheme, the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has been told.

Now Pensions has appointed Henrik Ramlau-Hansen as non-executive chairman of its commercial board.

Savers will not be forced to fork out their retirement savings to pay outstanding debts if they have to declare bankruptcy, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Over 9 in 10 small businesses support a call for the government to introduce a statutory override for scheme indexation, a survey has found.

The government is to create a single guidance body for pensions, money and debt matters, which will replace The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS), including Pension Wise, and the Money Advice Service (MAS), it has said.

The UK has been knocked out of the world's top 10 pension systems, after Chile climbed up the table five places from 14th last year.

The dashboard is potentially the ultimate disruptor as its remit could go far beyond pensions, Michael Johnson has said.

This week's most read stories include TPR protecting members of a DB scheme accidentally converted to DC, and the FCA fining Aviva £8.2m for failing to protect client assets.