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Women now lag even further behind men in the pension savings stakes, with ignorance about retirement provision leaving them increasingly vulnerable to post-work poverty, research suggests.

The UK pension system needs to undergo a series of drastic reforms to drive out consumer confusion and encourage savers, says Aviva.

The Personal Accounts scheme is a "scandal waiting to happen" and places the pensions industry at risk of giving bad advice, Trevor Matthews says.

More than 40% of smaller employers in the UK would consider closing their existing pension schemes for the potentially less-generous Personal Accounts, a study suggests.

The Government is considering starting the Personal Accounts trustee corporation early in a bid to prepare for the 2012 reforms.

The Government will fail to protect millions of Britons from poverty in old age unless it makes vital changes to the way it introduces Personal Accounts, an influential report concludes.

The Government is leaving itself open to accusations of a future misselling scandal if it allows Personal Accounts to go ahead in their current form, according to an influential think tank.

Tim Jones has hit back at industry fears about the potentially "unfettered power" of the personal accounts trustee board.

Making sense of the draft rules for personal accounts.

Aegon has launched a dedicated pensions reform microsite, enabling advisers and employers to plan for 2012.