Malcolm McLean

The government could ease the transition to the flat rate state pension by paying out old state second pension entitlements as one-off sums in a ‘buyout' arrangement, Barnett Waddingham says.

Financial Services Authority chairman Lord Turner hinted yesterday that the Bank of England should consider writing off some of the £375bn gilt holdings purchased under quantitative easing.

Hannah Brenton takes a look at the bitter argument over QE.

Dawson International has entered administration after directors and trustees failed to agree on a solution to plug the firm's scheme deficit.

The first data released from the 2011 census has confirmed there is a huge increase in people expected to reach traditional retirement age over the next few years.

The government has been urged to consider merging The Pensions Regulator and Financial Services Authority after a National Audit Office report condemned the current system of DC regulation.

In our end-of-year round-up we asked industry spokespeople to preview the year ahead in pensions.

The government is set to delay auto-enrolment for any firm with fewer than 50 employees indefinitely, a report says.

Jonathan Stapleton urges the industry to remember Maxwell

Independent pension consultant Malcolm McLean praises the government for its progress on simplifying the state pension, but calls for a contingency plan should auto-enrolment fail.