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The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first quarter, the final official reading has confirmed.

Impaired life annuities could offset ‘unfair' rises in state pension age for groups with lower life expectancy, the pension minister says.

Employers are being put off adopting risk-sharing models by an unrewarding regulatory regime, the Association of Consulting Actuaries honorary secretary has claimed.

Two thirds of pension experts believe the government should consider creating a simple default option for annuity purchases.

More than forty percent of Warburtons' workforce are making investment decisions after a communications revamp by the £500m-a-year baker.

The National Association of Pension Funds chairman has called for government intervention in the defined contribution market to create up to ten super trusts of £10bn-£20bn each.

The Pensions Regulator will apply its features of good defined contribution schemes on a ‘comply or explain' basis, TPR chairman Michael O'Higgins has said.

Coalition attempts to rein in government spending have delayed senior appointments at The Pensions Regulator and set back its defined contribution agenda, PP can reveal.

Legal and General has launched a de-risking service that combines a buy-in or buyout with a property-backed payment structure.

The UK's last remaining coalmining firm is seeking to place its scheme into the Pension Protection Fund to save its business.