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Regulation should be changed to allow a ‘national wealth service' to be established to distribute independent retirement advice more widely, according to Ros Altmann.

Pension fund appetite for passive management will to continue into the future, according to a survey of 700 institutional investors.

Employers believe the Code of Good Practice attached to Pension Incentive Exercises (PIEs) has improved the reputation of such moves but reduced take-up rates, government research finds.

The UK liability-driven investment (LDI) market reached £517bn of liabilities hedged by the end of 2013 and has continued to expand this year, research finds.

PruProtect is entering the workplace benefits market by adding its Vitality programme to its relevant life policy.

Northern Powergrid Group of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme (ESPS) has appointed Aon Hewitt to provide investment consultancy services.

Ros Altmann has been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her services to pensions and pension provision in the Queen's birthday honours list.

The number of employment tribunal claims lodged in the first three months of 2014 fell by more than half compared to the same period last year.

The Railways Pension Trustee Company Limited (RPTCL) has appointed John Chilman as chairman.

The decumulation phase of defined contribution (DC) pensions should be institutionalised to prevent savers from splashing their pots, the Pensions Institute (PI) has said.