The size of pension charges is thrust into the public spotlight tonight when a BBC investigation claims some managers take as much as 80% of contributions in fees.

Today is national Older People’s Day, but some are less than enamored with the DWP’s gesture towards “the important contribution older people make to society”.

Martin Palmer, head of corporate pensions marketing at Friends Provident, defends pension charges.

Friends Provident has managed to raise or hold steady final bonus rates on its with-profits policies as markets start to recover.

Employers view NEST as "largely irrelevant" as most will rely on existing employee pension arrangements after 2012, according to a new study.

Zurich Life UK will offer Legal & General (L&G) annuity products alongside its own in bid to improve its at retirement offering.

Origen Financial Services, an Aegon-owned national IFA, today launches Annuitas, an annuity and advice service aimed at IFAs.

Equitable Life is maintaining an interim bonus of 3.5% per annum for policyholders after announcing its solvency ratio had improved.

An overwhelming majority of annuity customers use the internet for shopping, research, financial management and communication, research from Just Retirement reveals.

The government's proposals to remove the age-75 annuitisation rule and simplify income drawdown are a step in the right direction but still "missing a big opportunity", Skandia says.