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The governor of the Bank of England has told the UK to prepare for a potential rise in interest rates this year.

LV= has appointed Jon Pocock as head of portals and integration for its retirement solutions business.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has dismissed concerns that retirement freedoms announced in the Budget do not work alongside the government's collective defined contribution (CDC) plans.

Auto-escalation may help increase employee contribution rates in workplace pension schemes, according to pensions minister Steve Webb.

The vast majority of schemes do not know what effect Scottish independence would have on workplace pensions, research finds.

The vast majority of parents would not take up the government's plans for shared parental leave, research finds.

Government plans to overhaul the retirement process could increase the threat of pensions liberation fraud by overstretching administrators, warns the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA).

Former JLT Employee Benefits (JLT EB) head of investment consulting Peter Ball has joined Kames Capital to lead its institutional business on an interim basis.

Many workers who delay taking their company pension are missing out on increases to their state pension because of administrative failings, warn legal experts.

Barclays Corporate and Employer Solutions (C&ES) has hired Now Pensions' Niall Ferguson to join its expanding business development team.