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The pensions industry needs to rebuild trust if people are to plan for retirement, a campaign manager has said.

The middle 60% of an adviser's client bank tends to be the "most difficult to service", meaning their work for them is often "reactive", business consultant David Shelton has said.

There are significant "flaws" in the use of risk profiling tools which could lead to accusations of mis-selling, according to a financial software provider.

A list of permitted self-invested personal pension (SIPP) investments would bring clarity to the market but would be hard to implement, Hornbuckle Mitchell has said.

John Lawson, head of pensions policy at Standard Life, is to join rival Aviva in the New Year as head of policy, corporate benefits.

Goldman Sachs' internal investigation into allegations made by a former employee of a "toxic environment" within the bank has found little evidence to support the accusations.

Fixed term annuities can benefit clients in the right situation and should be given full consideration by advisers dealing with clients approaching retirement, according to a report.

Investment platform Skandia has taken on temporary staff to deal with an estimated "ten-fold" increase in workload following the administration of Honister Capital.

The FSA should go further in its DFM transparency drive and oblige discretionaries to publish total expense ratios for their portfolios, according to David Tiller, director of strategy & business development at Standard Life Wealth.

Auto-enrolment into workplace pension schemes with complex, high and outdated charging structures will spark an "unprecedented" mis-selling scandal, a report has warned.