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HMRC has issued guidance confirming salary sacrifice pension schemes will be able to meet automatic enrolment requirements.

BT Pension Scheme Management chief executive Nigel Labram has left the company after eight years, following a strategic review at the £37bn scheme.

Steve Webb has increased the pressure on the European Commission over Solvency II for pension schemes, promising there will be "no compromise".

The Federal Reserve announced plans to extend Operation Twist by $267bn (£170bn) as it cut its 2012 growth forecast for the US economy from 2.9% to 2.4%.

The government cannot encourage people to save more, amid concerns a decline in spending could shut off the economic recovery, policy experts say.

The industry must automate the decumulation phase of defined contribution schemes, National Association of Pension Funds chief executive Joanne Segars says.

UK schemes have been urged to engage with an EIOPA impact assessment in order to make sure figures used to draw up a new pensions directive are not understated.

Pensions minister Steve Webb warned further legislation on enhanced transfer value exercises and pension increase exchanges is being "held in reserve" by the government.

The declining rate of home ownership in the UK could be the death knell for auto-enrolment, an expert warns.

Philip Jelley and Roberto Pagliarulo look at how one employer managed to obtain a scheme rectification order on an expedited basis.