State pension

The freedom and choice agenda has shaken up pensions but there are concerns it is increasing inequality. Michael Klimes finds out why

Data difficulties around the state pension and guaranteed minimum pension contribution (GMP) can be overcome to create a pensions dashboard according to Steve Webb (pictured above).

The pension dashboard will have to incorporate the state pension to be successful according to the People's Pension's Darren Philp (pictured above).

Women planning to retire this year are far more reliant on the state pension than their male counterparts according to Prudential research.

DB is to become more costly under reforms to NI contributions. PP looks at the options for sponsors.

Bentley Motors has been criticised over plans to pass £1.4m of national insurance (NI) costs onto the 1,300 members of its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.

Policy changes will result in an extra three million retirees on inadequate incomes by 2060 on top of the 12.2 million already forecast, according to research.

The biggest stories were the long-awaited Just Retirement and Partnership merger, and revelations the government could be forced to fork out £2bn for the British Steel scheme.

Allowing certain women to access their state pension early would have little or no benefit for those affected by the rise in age, according to Royal London's Steve Webb.

People coming up to retirement are still uncertain about how the new state pension will affect them according to research by Which.