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The Pensions Management Institute will be switching tack over the course of 2012 in response to the changing nature of the pensions industry.

Kees de Koning explains how economic easing can help UK schemes

The Financial Services Authority has confirmed that it is ‘minded to accredit' the Pension Management Institute under the new regulatory regime introduced by the Retail Distribution Review.

The Financial Services Authority will conduct another consultation into SIPP charge disclosure after an industry backlash.

Hannah Brenton thinks firms would benefit

Kenneth Trench looks back at how collective silence among City professionals gave Maxwell free rein to gamble with the savings of thousands of pensioners

The retail distribution review will "ratchet up" the professionalism of financial advisers, according to the Financial Service Authority's head of investment policy Peter Smith.

Pensions administrators should be able to give guidance to scheme members without fear of breaching financial advice regulations, the Pensions Administration Standards Authority argues.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Peterborough-based Rockingham Independent £35,000 and imposed partial bans on its directors and an adviser for exposing retirees to unsuitable advice.

Braced for impact: Employer's 2012 coping strategies