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Pension managers are increasingly frustrated with the service payroll providers are providing during auto-enrolment preparation, research from Anthony Hodges Consulting shows.

A sixth of this year's retirees plan to depend entirely on the state pension but few know how much they will actually get, Prudential research has found.

Bluefin Corporate Consulting is merging with Capita Hartshead after being sold by its parent company AXA to Capita for £50m.

Scheme deficits are higher than a year ago despite £20bn being ploughed into pension funds by sponsoring employers, Mercer data shows.

Stephen Hunt, founder of retirement specialist Rockingham Independent, owes the company almost £100,000, according to a report by liquidator Probitas.

The Pensions Regulator has proposed to give its determinations panel an express power to request additional material when considering cases.

The Cabinet Office is investigating claims that revisions to the ministerial pension scheme will increase pay-outs for the highest-paid members of the government.

The £1bn London Borough of Camden pension fund has appointed BlueCrest Capital Management to run a £50m fund of hedge fund mandate.

The improving strength of the UK's manufacturing and services sectors should ensure the economy avoids a double-dip recession, said the British Chambers of Commerce.

Plans to exempt UK employers from having to auto-enrol staff working in Europe have won the backing of the National Association of Pension Funds.