Pensions

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has launched a phrasebook aimed at demystifying pensions for its target market.

The government has claimed people on an average income reaching the state retirement age this year will gain £10,000 through their state pensions as a result of recent changes.

Dr Ros Altmann has called on the government to reintroduce inflation-linked certificates as pensioners battle the rising cost of living.

Positive Solutions and Origen posted a combined £1m profit in the third quarter as parent company Aegon noted a "considerable" decline in the value of new business.

The final salary link in public service pensions is "inherently unfair" and can lead to high-flyers getting almost twice as much back in pensions than those on more modest earnings making the same contributions, Lord Hutton says.

Tory MP Ken Clarke has given up the lucrative grace-and-favour pension pot he is entitled to as Lord Chancellor.

A forthcoming Court of Appeal hearing over the pension rights of a 74-year-old nun could trigger massive changes in pensions rules for members of religious orders.

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

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

Young people must have simpler and more flexible options to save made clear to them, says Fair Investment.