Cash incentives should be offered under "no circumstances" in enhanced transfer value (ETV) exercises, an industry code of conduct warns.

The industry has five years to undertake "radical reform" or face heavy-handed government intervention, a researcher warns.

Proposed financial reporting standards would impose an "unjustified level of disclosure" on pension schemes, the National Association of Pension Funds has said.

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A fifth of large employers plan to use the National Employment Savings Trust to complement existing pension schemes, research reveals.

Insurers have started to turn down employers who want to expand existing schemes for auto-enrolment, consultants have claimed.

An inquiry into the "crucial issue" of corporate governance at Britain's top financial companies has been launched by the Treasury select committee.

AllianceBernstein has designed a capped drawdown product it says will give pensioners "breathing space" before they buy an annuity.

Leading asset managers and insurers have donated more than £90,000 to a parliamentary group on corporate governance.

Pension funds have been urged to directly engage with companies on executive pay by leading corporate governance bodies.