Former TSC chairman Lord McFall will direct an independent inquiry into the failings of the current private pension system, as new figures show there has been the equivalent of one piece of fresh pension legislation every week since 1995.

A conman who posed as an Oxford and Harvard graduate to win a job as the deputy CEO of Ahli United Bank has been given a 50-week prison sentence.

HMRC will bring in harsh new penalties for evading income and capital gains tax abroad from 6 April.

Enhanced annuity provider Just Retirement has joined the board of the Pensions Income Choice Association (PICA).

Standard Life has launched its Active Money Personal Pension (AMPP) online.

Reforms to public sector pensions have been delayed until summer 2011, the Treasury has confirmed.

An EU ruling to equalise annuity rates for men and women could be finalised as soon as 1 March.

SIPP and SSAS provider Hornbuckle Mitchell has launched a pension benefits illustration system.

Trade union leaders met today to coordinate national strikes on 26 March over cuts to public sector pay and pensions.

HMRC is creating new figures to calculate drawdown limits which could reduce pensioner incomes, experts warn.