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Auto-enrolment will trigger a "second crisis of pensions mis-selling" which will hit the poor hardest, an adviser at Deloitte has claimed.

Latvia's top ten ranking for pension transfers from the UK in 2009/10, despite few British expats retiring there, suggests the country is being used to abuse tax loopholes, AJ Bell said.

KPMG analysis of over 100,000 member records reveals the most common administration failings and how they are increasing fund liabilities by up to 5%.

Making shopping around for an annuity the default option for all investors will be "counterproductive", Legal and General (L&G) warned.

While lifetime annuities remain the most popular at-retirement product further innovation is needed to meet the needs of the market according to the Xafinity Annuity Industry Study.

Fidelity plans to offer access to an enhanced annuity via its defined contribution (DC) platform.

Leeds-based advisory firm Heath Lambert has teamed up with Partnership to launch a direct-to-consumer annuity portal.

Aviva will offer a phased drawdown plan on its wrap and SIPP platform which it said will help minimize death taxes.

The Commons Public Accounts Committee has questioned the validity of Treasury cost projections for public sector scheme changes, saying it did not fully test the impact of its assumptions.

Around three million children will live to the age of 100, according to research from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).