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Planned reforms for defined contribution (DC) charges, governance and transparency will not take effect before April 2015, pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed.

The Local Government Pension Scheme's (LGPS) structural reform must be consistent with other changes and adhere to a realistic timetable, the LGPS national advisory board warns.

Retirees with small pots should be allowed to draw down savings as fixed-term pensions to enable them to defer taking a state pension, says the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA).

The later scheme members retire, the longer they are likely to live according to research carried out by Club Vita.

Regulation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has sparked increased demand for centralised investment propositions (CIPs), according to experts.

The University of Manchester has ended the use of zero-hour contracts within the university's private catering company following a Unison campaign to cease the use of such contracts.

Generation Y workers believe that businesses must do more to nurture future leaders, a study finds.

The Bank of England has again moved to temper expectations of an early rate rise, despite the UK unemployment rate dropping to close to the crucial 7% mark this morning.

PTL has launched a service to help trustees of defined contribution (DC) schemes produce the governance statements The Pensions Regulator (TPR) requires them to complete.

Avon Pension Fund has awarded a £165m emerging markets (EM) mandate to Unigestion.