Department for Work & Pensions

The MP for Stockton North, Alex Cunningham, has been appointed as shadow pensions minister.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has named Nigel Peaple as its new director for defined contribution (DC), lifetime savings and research.

Auto-enrolled employees will be putting aside £8bn of savings for retirement by the 2019/20 financial year, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) is to be involved in selecting future chairpersons of The Pensions Regulator (TPR), it has been revealed.

This week's most read stories include TPR protecting members of a DB scheme accidentally converted to DC, and the FCA fining Aviva £8.2m for failing to protect client assets.

Plans to scrap mandatory advice for expats wanting to transfer their retirement pots overseas could open the door to scammers, it has been warned.

Solutions for rising DB deficits are being sought from a wide range of bodies, including the Work and Pensions Committee. James Phillips explores some of the suggestions

The Labour Party has not abandoned the role of shadow pensions minister, despite the post being vacant for several months, according to reports.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) needs a more preventative and flexible approach to protect the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) has been told.

The coalition government's most radical pension policy was freedom and choice, according to 69% of Pensions Buzz respondents.