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Pension providers charging "exorbitant" layered fees must give the money back to pension scheme holders, an MEP says.

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS have agreed to review and improve their will writing services following OFT action.

Royal London's wrap platform Ascentric increased new assets under management by 189% to £1,217m in 2010 from £421m the previous year.

David Regan of Mundays Solicitors discusses what the abolition of the default retirement age means for employers.

Occupational pension scheme members have attacked the switch in indexing benefits to CPI inflation as a Treasury cost-saving exercise aimed at benefitting business over pensioners.

Fidelity does not currently see market demand for a full corporate wrap to incorporate wider workplace savings vehicles other than ISAs and SIPPs.

Pensioners have been unfairly insulated from government spending cuts and £16bn could be saved if their benefits are reduced, a think- tank says.

Tim Sargisson, the managing director of James Hay Partnership, has defended the provider's decision to tell clients the FSCS levy may be passed to them.

People in the UK are not saving enough for retirement, and radical action is needed.

An ECJ ruling to equalise annuity rates for men and women could increase demand for scheme pensions, Hornbuckle Mitchell says.