Personal Accounts will be a "beautiful, wonderful product" not "a default option for low earners", according to the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA).

Public-sector pensions are under threat of extinction without reform, according to the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA).

The secretary of state for work and pensions Yvette Cooper has attacked Conservative plans to increase retirement age from 65 to 66 from 2016, labelling them "unfair".

The Government that comes to power in May next year must work with HR and pension professionals to secure the retirement of staff, instead of playing "Punch and Judy pension politics", according to...

HR staff know they must communicate pension information to staff, but they are too scared to do it because of the legal implications.

Current levels of contributions into defined-contribution pensions are enough to secure a reasonable income in retirement for staff, according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).

BT is to increase its employer contributions into its defined-contribution scheme from April 2010.

A Labour Government will keep to its plan of reducing tax efficiencies on pensions for high earners, the secretary of state for work and pensions has confirmed.

HR leaders think the state pension needs further reform.

During 2009, we have seen a significant acceleration in the number of defined-benefit (DB) pension schemes in the UK closing to future accrual. And only this week, a number of casualties have come to...

Although employers see pensions as a core part of their reward package, fewer than half of staff in the private sector think they are the best way to save for retirement, new research reveals.

Employers' contributions to defined-contribution (DC) pensions have increased by 1.5% since 2007, despite the economic downturn.