Investment

The second financial services honesty dinner held on Monday night at London's Capital Club was, yet again, a colourful do.

Scottish Widows has launched an auto-enrolment platform, AssistMe, to aid employers as the new pension rules comes in.

Some British pensioners, as well as investors in index-linked gilts, face lower returns if proposals to align the retail prices index (RPI) measure of inflation with the consumer prices index (CPI) are approved.

Auto-enrolment begins on 1 October for the largest companies. Do you think employers are ready?

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has proposed an equivalent to the fruit and vegetable ‘five a day' campaign to promote good financial habits.

The government is to re-examine plans for a £140 flat rate state pension amid worries about the potential political fallout.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that well-known business icons including Theo Paphitis and Karren Brady are among the celebrities to help promote auto-enrolment through an advertising campaign.

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