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The European Commission has laid out options for a capital markets union (CMU) it hopes will encourage schemes to invest in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and infrastructure.

Hargreaves Lansdown has unveiled a low-cost drawdown plan, charging no set-up or income withdrawal fees, ahead of the 6 April pensions reforms.

Inflation fell to 0.3% in January, the lowest level since the consumer prices index (CPI) was introduced, as price growth continued to slump on the back of falling oil prices.

The FTSE 100 is within sight of its all-time high after closing at its highest level for 15 years on Tuesday.

Lack of standardisation across pension illustration tools has resulted in a huge variation between likely values of retirement pots, according to research by Altus Consulting.

Salford City Council is giving employees the chance to experience using an electric car while also reducing travel expenses.

Merseyside Pension Fund has reduced its foreign exchange (FX) costs by up to 50% after using independent reference rates to identify hidden fees.

Blackrock has launched a range of target date funds to coincide with the Budget freedoms.

Insurers do not deserve the bashing they get over high fees as many already provide good value for money in contract-based schemes, according to independent trustees.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned that savers will be ripped off in ways that are "perfectly legal" when they can access their defined contribution (DC) pension pots from this April.