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Clients now have a growing need for choice, flexibility and transparency when it comes to Personal Pensions.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for a shift to a ‘notional defined contribution' model - effectively pay-as-you-go DC - to tackle the £1trn unfunded public sector pensions deficit.

Aegon's head of annuity sales, Mark Cardy, has been made redundant as part of a restructure of the group's sales teams.

Disgraced former The Money Portal (TMP) director Tony Morris - who may face fraud charges - has been tracked down living in one of the most expensive houses in Australia.

Almost a fifth (18%) of people retiring in 2010 expect to receive less than £10,000 a year from their pensions and investments, as expected incomes drop for the third year runnning, research suggests.

GP Noble trustees Graham Pitcher and Gary Cordell have today been charged with fraud and abuse of position in connection with the alleged theft of £52m of pension assets from nine occupational pension schemes.

The National Employment Savings Trust's (NEST) 2% contribution charge will be levied for 20 years, the Pensions Minister says.

HM Treasury has trebled its estimate of the one-off costs that pension schemes, employers and individuals will incur as a result of the tax on higher earners' pension contributions it is introducing from 2011, Towers Watson says.

The line up of trustees who will oversee the National Employment Savings Trust has been confirmed by the government.

Helen Morrissey talks to Nigel Orange about how the recently introduced Guaranteed Retirement Plan will add another dimension to people's financial planning