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Pensions minister Steve Webb has promised that the goverment will create a transitional arrangement for women hit hardest by the rise in the state pension age (SPA).

Has enough consideration been given to the effectiveness of auto-enrolment?

The Pensions Ombudsman's (PO) team of legal investigators has been understaffed by a third over the last year due to government restrictions on recruitment.

A former Lloyds TSB adviser turned Labour MP has claimed IFAs and bank advisers are all focused on selling products rather than helping clients.

Raings agency Fitch has branded European Absolute Return (AR) funds "prone to performace disappointment" and "mis-selling" to unsophisticated investors.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) said it will monitor "suspiciously high" opt-out rates under auto-enrolment after MPs suggested some employers may force workers to leave the scheme.

Unions have claimed today's Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) report unfairly presents public sector pension liabilities.

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Execution-only stockbroker JPJShare.com, a subsidiary of the Isle of Man company Rivington Street Holdings, has launched a SIPP with no annual management charge (AMC).