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FTSE 100 companies have responded to last year's investor rebellions regarding executive pay, with "more conservative policies" being adopted according to new analysis from the Investment Association (IA).

Over 80% of workers who qualify for automatic enrolment (AE) believe a workplace pension is good for them, a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) survey has revealed.

The planned closure of Capita's defined benefit (DB) scheme could be met with strike action as Unite launches a ballot of its members.

Chairman of BESTrustees Alan Pickering speaks to Stephanie Baxter about the toxic effect of knee-jerk legislation over the past 20 years, and why he wants a national pensions authority

Between April and June the pensions watchdog it fined 45 trustees for not submitting scheme returns, and 20 trustees for not preparing a chair's annual statement.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has revised its definition of a 'professional trustee' as it moves to improve standards and introduce accreditation of the role.

Trustees of pension schemes of all sizes are spending more time on their roles yet are on average being paid less, latest analysis from PwC has suggested.

Most companies are not taking enough action to tackle the significant pensions inertia within their workforce, according to a survey by LifeSight.

The sharp increase in transfer requests since the freedoms could breach activity triggers and incur extra transactional fees for some schemes, writes Michael Klimes

Steven Hull and Adam Cohen look at what the UK can learn from the US approach to defined contribution pensions