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The Association of British Insurers' (ABI) annuity code of conduct is not radical enough, Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown said.

Helen Morrissey looks at the ABI's recent proposals to increase use of the open market option and asks if they go far enough.

Pension scheme administrators need a "safe harbour" in which they can talk to scheme members about their pensions without fearing they have given regulated advice, the Pensions Administration Standards Authority (PASA) says.

Incomes from annuities have fallen 14% since the start of the year due to stock market turmoil.

Independent financial advisers wrote more than three quarters of the life and pensions business in 2010, according to figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

A financial adviser and a former banker have launched a financial planning tool which projects retirement incomes.

Head teachers may join in a day of strikes over reforms of their pensions on 30 November.

Peter Quinton, chairman of the Annuity Clearing House, will take over as acting managing director of the Retirement Partnership.

SIPP provider Hornbuckle Mitchell has posted revenues of £6.05m in H1, up 6% on the same period in 2010.

Jonathan Watts-Lay explains why companies need to be clearer to employees about their retirement options