Pension Freedoms

Total of £15.7bn accessed flexibly

Around eight in ten savers between 50- and 64-years-old have underestimated their life expectancy, potentially leaving them with a shortfall in retirement.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published guidance to help firms spot and support vulnerable people in the long-term savings market.

Former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann has claimed civil servants gave explanations that "didn't really ring true" for not introducing a cold calling ban while she was in office.

Advice and guidance is not enough

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) paid out £37m in overpaid tax to pension freedoms users in the third quarter of the year, its quarterly figures have revealed.

Just under 200,000 people accessed their pensions using Freedom and Choice in the third quarter of the year, HM Revenue and Customs figures have revealed.

Nigel Jones looks at how trustees and employers could be straying into giving members advice rather than guidance when it comes to DC schemes

This week's top stories include experts warning that trustees must act now on common and conditional data as the deadline approaches and calls for partial transfers DB transfers to be a right. Here are the top five.

UK households have not stopped saving to go on a debt-fuelled consumer spending spree, according to research from Royal London, despite official figures revealing the savings ratio is at a record-low.