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Former TSC chairman Lord McFall will direct an independent inquiry into the failings of the current private pension system, as new figures show there has been the equivalent of one piece of fresh pension legislation every week since 1995.

The government has called for evidence to review the regulatory differences between trust-based and contract-based defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.

Enhanced annuity provider Just Retirement has joined the board of the Pensions Income Choice Association (PICA).

Standard Life has launched its Active Money Personal Pension (AMPP) online.

Reforms to public sector pensions have been delayed until summer 2011, the Treasury has confirmed.

An EU ruling to equalise annuity rates for men and women could be finalised as soon as 1 March.

SIPP and SSAS provider Hornbuckle Mitchell has launched a pension benefits illustration system.

Trade union leaders met today to coordinate national strikes on 26 March over cuts to public sector pay and pensions.

HMRC is creating new figures to calculate drawdown limits which could reduce pensioner incomes, experts warn.

The Pensions Trust (TPT), a multi-employer occupational pension fund for third sector employers, has launched a tool to help organisations phase in auto-enrolment.