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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and its successor bodies may not be able to prioritise pensions standards if regulation were moved to a single body, a top regulator has said.

Insurers have warned against "distracting" the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) from its original purpose by lifting government-imposed restrictions.

The Department for Work and Pensions has promised a better working relationship between the Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and said joint thematic reviews are planned.

The Office of Tax Simplification has made a range of recommendations in a bid to make tax simpler for Britain's pensioners.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched an investigation into the value for money of workplace defined contribution (DC) pensions schemes.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is "playing catch-up" with automatic enrolment regulations brought in last year, the Daily Telegraph reports.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will not legislate on ‘micro pot' refunds, despite industry warnings that pension schemes will be forced to administer thousands of tiny pots.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pensions stories.

The government has set the earnings threshold at which workers are auto-enrolled at £9,440 for 2013/14.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.