Pensions

Ministers are to outline plans for a universal state pension which they say will help people currently working prepare for a "different sort of world" in retirement.

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

Private sector employers are closing down their final salary schemes at a record rate, according to a new report by the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Consolidation vehicle Resolution is unlikely to make any further acquisitions this year and will focus instead on generating returns from existing businesses, according to bankers and analysts.

Members of Prudential's defined benefit scheme had their challenge over the legality of discretionary benefit increases to the High Court heard in the past few weeks.

John Darwin, the ‘canoe man' who defrauded life insurance and pensions companies out of hundred of thousands of pounds, has been freed from jail.

More than 160 expressions of interest have been made from asset managers hoping to manage NEST's first five investment funds.

The government has published its Pensions Bill today, covering proposed changes to auto-enrolment.

The government will today confirm the scrapping of the default retirement age (DRA) from April, meaning employers will no longer be able to dismiss staff when they turn 65.

The legalisation of pre-nuptial agreements could make pensions on divorce more complex by putting limits on sharing orders, a lawyer has warned.