Charlotte Moore looks at the the challenges and opportunities of investing in the US.

Just a quarter of Buzz respondents would consider investing in the proposed Pension Infrastructure Platform.

This week respondents weigh in on discount rates, dependents' pensions, sponsoring employers, and the FSA and TPR's ability to collaborate, and give their opinion of the PIP.

A third of respondents think the government should leave discount rates alone, while not one contributor supported the NAPF's call for a temporary uplift.

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SWIP's James Carver looks at opportunities in absolute return funds.

Respondents are highly in favour of merging the two central tax payments, despite the government having kicked the issue into the long grass after a consultation in 2011.

Respondents reserve judgement on the Office of Fair Trading's intervention in the DC value debate, but many believe it will have a negative effect or none at all.

Auto-enrolment will cause default investment strategies to become more risk-averse as thousands of new savers pour into schemes, say respondents.

Mark Wood explains why pensions, like diets, are too easily over-complicated.