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The majority of pension savers in defined contribution (DC) schemes are not satisfied with their plans, according to research.

Dentons Pension Management has acquired the self-invested personal pension (SIPP) book from MAB Pensions, part of the Michael Ambrose group, the Leicester based financial advice and pension administration providers for an undisclosed sum.

Just under 12m people in the UK are still not saving enough money to fund an adequate retirement income, according to research from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The Treasury expects to net an extra £3.9bn between 2015 and 2020 as a result of tax reforms designed to facilitate the Budget freedoms.

The cost of investing through self-invested personal pension (SIPP) wrappers will increase after new capital adequacy rules come into force, a provider has warned.

There has been an increasing trend of people starting their own businesses in the run up to and during retirement.

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Scottish Widows will continue to pay trail commission on workplace pension schemes until 2016.

Aviva UK has reported a 21% drop in the value of new life business it wrote in the first half of the year, mainly due to a steep fall in annuity business.