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Automatic-enrolment is creating demand for a new breed of experts according to research from the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

One in eight people over 50 has been approached by fraudsters offering early access to their pension pot according to research from Fidelity Worldwide Investment reveals.

The current 55% tax duty payable when pension funds are passed on after death is set to be axed under this government, George Osborne has announced.

On Friday, we reported the multi-billion dollar Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS) had withdrawn its allocation to hedge funds. Professional Pensions was wrong - TRS has slightly reduced its allocation not withdrawn it.

The trustees of the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF) have appointed Rory Murphy as chairman of the board.

Friends Life has appointed an independent governance committee (IGC) to oversee its occupational pension offerings.

Gregg McClymont has reiterated Labour's commitment to scrutinizing how the newly-liberated pensions system will work for savers after a leftist think-tank called on the party to scrap the cash option.

Yorkshire Water is already seeing the impact of the removal of the default retirement age on its older workers.

Broadstone has sold its wealth management arm in an effort to focus on its corporate benefits business.

Insurers are pricing younger pensioners more competitively for buy-ins than older populations, according to LCP.