The state pension age should be raised faster and further than currently planned to fund higher state pensions, reduce public debt and reflect the population trend of longer, healthier lives according...

UK pension funds have challenged the chancellor of the Exchequer's proposals on the treatment of pension contributions.

The average maximum contribution that large employers are making to defined contribution (DC) pensions is increasing and a growing number are auto-enrolling staff into a scheme in preparation for 2012...

Employers are under increasing pressure to transfer company pension liabilities as they struggle to de-risk their schemes, leading three quarters to believe defined benefit (DB) pensions will be...

The gap between men and women's pension incomes is continuing to grow, with men receiving a pension as much as two thirds higher than their female counterparts upon retirement.

Growing numbers of staff are admitting they will opt out of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), formerly known as Personal Accounts, new research reveals.

DSG International (DSGi) is to close its defined-benefit scheme to future accrual.

Charities are not prepared for the impact of the 2012 legislative changes on pensions and three out of 10 have no idea what type of pension to offer their staff.

The national pension scheme has up until now been referred to as Personal Accounts, but the Government has announced the scheme will now be called National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

New government rules will make the pensions tax regime an administrative quagmire in 2011. The reason for this lies within a document that has far-reaching consequences for HR managers - a...

The Government will keep to its plan of reducing the pensions tax relief for high earners.

Employers are unaware closing a defined-benefit (DB) pension scheme could have an impact on sickness provision, new research reveals.