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Lack of knowledge or awareness of investing is hampering people's ability to save for retirement, research finds.

Professional Pensions asked three industry experts how we can help people make better at retirement choices.

The European Union must forge stronger links with institutional investors to achieve its low carbon economy goals, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change says.

More than a fifth of IFAs still switch personal pensions for clients despite fears of heavy-handed Financial Services Authority anti-churn measures.

Some 17% of final salary pension schemes are now closed to new members and future accrual, National Association of Pension Funds research shows.

The DWP and Treasury are considering proposals to further restrict pension tax relief to fund the proposed Universal State Pension, a leading academic says.

The Association of Member Nominated Trustees is set to hold its inaugural open meeting for members on 31 March.

A warning late yesterday from France's Edhec Risk Institute about the dangers of banning naked short selling of sovereign debt using credit default swaps was in vain, as the European Parliament voted to push through such a veto.

POLAND - Poland's government approved its plan to reduce transfers to private pension funds, a move that will trim the country's borrowing needs by about 190 billion zloty ($67bn) through 2020.

EUROPE - A warning late yesterday from France's Edhec Risk Institute about the dangers of banning naked short selling of sovereign debt using credit default swaps was in vain, as the European Parliament voted to push through such a veto.