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Equity Trust, the company which owns Singapore qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS) Panthera, has vowed to fight a high court decision to ban its scheme.

Each month we ask leading industry figures to answer one big question... As we come to the first anniversary of the coalition government, what do you think about their approach to retirement policy reform?

In this month's Inquiry, Helen Morrissey assesses the results of our survey on the ­ at-retirement market and asks how the advent of flexible drawdown will affect the market

Around three million people in the UK are pinning their hopes for a comfortable retirement on a later-life lottery win, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Most workers will choose not to opt out of auto-enrolment when it comes into force from 2012, an Aviva report suggests.

The Treasury will not allow the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to alter the proposals for raising the state pension age (SPA), a pensions lawyer said.

Singapore-based qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS) trustee Equity Trust has lost its latest hearing in a high court, leaving investors open to a potential 50% tax charge.

Pensions minister Steve Webb will meet with industry representatives and the Pensions Regulator (TPR) today to urge a crackdown on pension transfer incentives.

Ministers are considering a revolt against what Liberal Democrats have termed "deeply unfair" increases in the state pension age for women.

Michael Johnson has reignited calls for limiting pensions tax relief, saying the annual £29bn saved by the Treasury from tax relief could increase the state pension by 60%.