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The Pensions Regulator director June Mulroy has announced she is stepping down from her role at the watchdog after seven years.

The decline of final salary defined benefit pension schemes has escalated dramatically over the past year, National Association of Pension Funds research shows.

Short service refunds from defined contribution schemes are to be abolished as part of the government's drive to increase pension saving.

Bridges Ventures has launched a third fund - raising a total of £72m from pension schemes and other institutional investors.

Proposals to channel pension fund assets directly into companies have received a mixed response from the industry.

Just 2% of employers plan to use the National Employment Savings Trust as their vehicle for auto-enrolment, Aon Hewitt research reveals.

The introduction of Solvency II-type regime for schemes would be a "nightmare scenario" for Britain and kill off defined benefit provision entirely, politicians warn.

Institutional investors and their consultants are among the individuals and organisations responsible for tip-offs to the Securities & Exchange Commission's newly created Whistleblower Program.

Unite the union has taken the first steps towards industrial action over pensions provided by building materials firm Cemex.

National Employment Savings Trust Corporation has admitted scaling back its take up projections, and said the auto-enrolment delay for small businesses will increase its loan repayments.