Retirement

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The Pensions Advisory Service is launching a dedicated national pensions helpline for small business owners and the self-employed.

The Financial Services Authority has issued rules on the regulation of personal pensions ahead of schedule.

For most areas the age discrimination regulations come into effect on Sunday, however pensions, being the special area it is, has got a small reprieve.

Dr Ros Altmann, a former government adviser, has called on Gordon Brown to provide a "clear, simple solution" on compensation for pension campaigners.

Clerical Medical has published the second in its series of advice modules for intermediaries.

A-Day and demutualisation Standard Life to lose £100m from its life and pensions pre-tax operating profit, according to its half-year figures.

Pension funds are in danger of underestimating the life expectancy of too many of their members, according to Pensions Regulator chairman David Norgrove.

Personal accounts will just be "another complicated tier of pensions provision", says Labour MP Frank Field.

An emerging "sandwich" generation of retirees could explain why many feel they need to work into their retirement.