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John Moret discusses the need for a new approach to regulating SIPPs

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

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Less than half the UK population are saving enough to fund their retirement and UK pension saving overall has dropped to record low levels, a report has found.

The FSA's manager of pensions and investment policy has described the regulation of SIPPs as a ‘work in progress.'

About 80% of people set to retire this year have failed to make provision for funding ill-health and long-term care in retirement, Prudential research has found.

A code of conduct designed to make workplace pension charging more fair and transparent is being developed by a working party, lead by the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

More than 6 million people aged over 50 have no pension provision in place and look set to rely solely on the state when they stop working, research has found.

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Have you told your clients the way they pay for advice will change from the end of 2012?

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