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Pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed its intention to have a pot follows member system to consolidate small pots in place by autumn 2016.

Fewer than one in seven defined contribution (DC) schemes plan to make it mandatory for members to take up the guidance guarantee before accessing their pot, PP research finds.

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Moves to erode self-serving behaviour within the pensions industry could backfire, M&S pensions strategy specialist Julie Parker-Welch has warned.

Towers Watson has launched an off-shore longevity hedging service to give medium-sized schemes direct access to the reinsurance market.

The pensions industry does not believe defined benefit schemes should survey members about their attitudes to investing, PP research finds.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled an employee suffering from depression and anxiety was not disabled under the Equality Act 2010.

The state pension age (SPA) should be set at 72 at least, a leading academic from Leeds University Business School has said.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is asking annuity providers to look into their non-advised sales going back to 2008 to see if consumers missed out on higher income by buying the wrong type of annuity.

Forcing product providers to reveal how their annuity quotes compare with competitors and developing a one-stop pensions 'dashboard' for retirees are two of several changes proposed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) following its wide-ranging review...