The cost of transferring pension risk could rocket if the economy continues to ape Japan's, a partner at Pension Corporation has said.

Pension liabilities for UK private sector final salary pension schemes reached £1.2trn in August.

Nervous advisers are recommending clients stick with their existing pension arrangements, even where there is good reason to transfer, because of the FSA's "heavy-handed" crackdown on pension switching.

Almost half of working Britons never review their pension plans and 38% of those who do select the default option for their scheme, research suggests.

Leading UK statisticians are questioning government plans to link the state pension and other key benefits to the consumer prices index (CPI).

Just under half of UK employers will level-down their pension schemes in order to meet the cost of auto-enrolment, a survey from the ACA suggests.

Consumers and not pension providers are to blame for the lack of take-up of the Open Market Option (OMO), claims The Annuity Bureau.

On the eve of the closure of the government's review of pension tax relief, experts are calling for the simplification of current proposals.

Hornbuckle Mitchell has created a new adviser support programme offering IFAs in the SIPP and SSAS market guidance on new products, rules and regulations.

Around 20% of SIPP holders use the product as a supplement to their main pension, a Barclays Stockbrokers study has found.