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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.

Shadow pensions minister Gregg McClymont has questioned what the government's drive for ‘defined ambition' pensions "actually means".

The Pensions Regulator's guidance on defined contribution schemes should have been bolder, the industry warns.

The Treasury has brushed off criticism that monetary policy is damaging schemes by claiming quantitative easing has boosted scheme fund values and reduced investment risk.

Trustees must go beyond monthly investment sub-committee meetings and put more decision-making structures in place to improve governance standards, delegates at the Professional Pensions investment conference heard.