Retirement

Provider Scottish Life could exit the auto-enrolment pension market in 2015 as the looming ‘capacity crunch' hits.

Steve Webb's move to ban commission and active member discounts is a ‘seismic' shift for providers and will drive a completely new business model for advisers, Aviva has said.

MPs are calling for further pressure to be placed on pension fund managers to reveal the full extent of their charges on investors.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published its long-awaited defined ambition (DA) paper, setting out three proposals for new structures for schemes, including a 'flexible' defined benefit (DB) model which would see the removal of indexation...

New life sales at Aegon's UK business were £190m in the third quarter of 2013, a 17% rise on the corresponding period last year, thanks to auto-enrolment, group pension and platform sales.

Post-retirement life expectancy for men and women is declining, according to analysis of Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, though experts say it is likely a "blip" rather than a longer term trend.

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

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Should all pension charges be capped at 0.5%?

Pensions minister Steve Webb has called on the Association of British Insurers (ABI) to conduct its audit of high-charging legacy schemes to "far faster".