NAPF chair Chris Hitchen draws criticism from industry experts after rallying for an end to the ban on short-selling and stock lending

The change in regulation allowing protected rights to be used in trust-based self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) will seriously harm life offices, experts have predicted.

James Purnell has defended the government’s conveyor-belt approach to pensions personnel, following a month of key departures.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is proposing changes to its risk-based levy to make it fairer and more stable.

Buyout firms face a year-long slowdown in business as trustees and sponsors defer decisions amid the unprecedented market turmoil.

Large employers are steering clear of enticing members to leave schemes with enhanced transfer exercises, fearing being embroiled in mis-selling scandals.

The United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) is to concentrate its efforts on asset classes other than just equities.

Dexia Asset Management is looking to tap into the UK institutional market with its alternatives and socially responsible investment (SRI) offering.

The uk has failed to escape the widespread market volatility that has characterised 2008 so far.

David Norgrove, chairman of the Pensions Regulator, has defended the UK’s levels of regulation, telling critics to be careful what they wish for.

Employers must pump at least 6% into their defined contribution (DC) schemes, with employees paying 4%, to pass a new quality mark test launched by the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Despite often being hailed as the cradle of defined contribution (DC) pension planning, the 401k has failed American retirees, according to a senior managing director for institutional DC services at AllianceBernstein.

Auto-enrolment should not be seen as a necessary evil, but as a powerful tool in driving increased pension provision, according to Andy Dickson, sen­ior business development manager at Standard Life.

North-east based CPRM Actuaries and Consultants is offering a lifeline to small defined benefit (DB) schemes.

Providers are answering the industry’s calls for improved defined contribution (DC) provision, according to new research conducted by PensionDCisions and Pensions Management.

Administration provider Xafinity has become the latest entrant to the self-invested personal pension (Sipp) market, following its acquisition of Hazell Carr earlier this year.

If the government hadn’t already got enough on its plate, it now finds itself boxed in over personal accounts.

As the at-retirement market and its needs change, so too must the architecture and technology behind the products offered in order to provide retirees with greater flexibility

Well I don’t know what you do all day, but a big part of my time is taken up with reading Hansard; not all of it, just the pension bits, but that’s usually quite a lot of reading. Hansard is the official report of the proceedings of the British parliament and is named after TC Hansard and his son, who compiled the reports until 1889. I know all that because I looked it up in my dictionary.

Gary Finkelstein is no stranger to stock market crashes and has built his business on managing risk. Here, he explains to Owen Walker the real value of guarantees and third way annuities

Sam Robinson, fund manager of the SVG Asia fund-of-funds, speaks to Owen Walker about the disparate elements that make up the Asian markets and his passion for collecting wines

Some recent rulings have seen trustees being found liable, but the circumstantial details of such cases can lead to disparate consequences, as demonstrated in these examples

Pending legislative changes and a year of economic chaos, among other things, have turned this market into a different beast to what it was 12 months ago. PM ’s annual survey asks where it might go from here

Despite several worthy alternatives, annuities remain the best choice for most retirees, with many variations and options on offer

Recent tremors in the stock market have emphasised the need to protect pension pots from the effects of inflation and equity downturns

Although more choice generates more work for advisers, the customer will ultimately benefit

The TPA arena has continued to successfully evolve in the face of legislation and competition, but value-for-money and market positioning are issues that will determine the future windfalls of firms

The TPA arena has continued to successfully evolve in the face of legislation and competition, but value-for-money and market positioning are issues that will determine the future windfalls of firms

Alan Smith: Whether it is £18bn or £100bn, there is quite a lot of money tied up in these funds. I am not necessarily convinced that, if there is £100bn, all of it is standing by waiting to get rolled into self-invested personal pensions (Sipps). Probably no more than 20% of the entire fund is standing by, ready to get rolled into Sipps at the moment.

A combination of current economic factors has seen a rise in the number of companies looking to offload their DB pension liabilities, but is there a limited window of opportunity?

Getting what you pay for may sound comforting to most consumers but when it comes to financial advice a client’s best interests are better kept when commission is an after-thought

Last month’s rule changes have forced trustees to scrutinise their transfer practices and to set out how monitoring procedures should be carried out in the future

This year’s Technology, Administration & Service Awards rewarded the creativity and dynamism of the industry. Here, Pádraig Floyd reveals who won what and why

Financial woes have the potential to ignite smouldering conflicts of interest within trustee boards as trustees are placed under increasing pressure

Santander Asset Management UK has named Jeff Scott as its new chief executive officer, taking over from Ignacio Izquierdo.

Pension Corporation has snapped up former Friends Provident chief executive and group finance director Philip Moore as group finance partner.

Hymans Robertson’s longevity research offshoot, Club Vita, has drafted in its first two non-executive directors.