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High earners who contribute 15% of their salary to a pension could be £18,000 a year worse off following the raft of tax changes introduced by the Government, Punter Southall warns.

Auto-enrolment is opening up a pensions knowledge gap among employers which the industry should be filling warn IFAs.

The three main political parties' manifesto pledges on pensions have been dismissed as "bland" with no commitments and offering "nothing explicit" by pensions experts.

Robert Graves, head of technical services at Rowanmoor Pensions, says A-Day apparently stood for Armageddon Day for SSASs. How wrong the doomsayers were...

Philip Steel, business development consultant at The Annuity Bureau, looks at how advisers can transfer their clients' pensions more effectively.

SIPP exit fees have become so high they are breaking TCF obligations, according to Dentons Pensions Management.

Chris Smallwood, CEO of 2plan Wealth Management, says more must be done to ensure pension advice suitability.

When I wrote a story on the Lib Dem manifesto pledges on pensions, I hardly thought it would matter. They wouldn't win anyway.

Aviva has confirmed plans to close both the Aviva and RAC final salary schemes to future accruals.

About one third of employees have had their pension plans hindered by the recession and will have to take more personal responsibility over the coming years, Towers Watson says.