Retirement

Almost three-quarters of UK businesses believe the Government is mostly to blame for the pensions crisis and £27bn savings gap, according to new research from Winterthur Life UK.

Winterthur Life UK has announced separate management teams for its IFA and traditional businesses from the beginning of next year.

Executives of leading companies are secure in "a pensions ivory tower", with most directors able to retire before 65 with pensions worth 26 times more than their employees, claims new research from the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

There could be as much as £5bn of cash held in self invested personal pensions which is receiving poor rates of interest, new research claims.

John Hutton, secretary of state for work and pensions, said there will be no relaxation of fiscal discipline and the publication of the Turner report will be the beginning of the debate on pensions, not the end.

In a survey of 15 european countries, the UK is ahead of France, Germany and Spain when it comes to pension provision, according to Aon Consulting.

With over a million workers past the State pension age, pension schemes should be looking at the impact of new age discrimination legislation now rather than later, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) and the Third Age Employment...

New guidance outlining the necessary steps for employers wishing to withdraw from multi-employer schemes has been published by the Pensions Regulator.

The Liberal Democrats have unveiled their plans for pensions reform including the introduction of a Citizen's Pension, just a week before the publication of the final report from the Pensions Commission.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) and the Association of Independent Financial Advisers (Aifa) have published an updated version of their factsheet on contracting out.