The Government is considering starting the Personal Accounts trustee corporation early in a bid to prepare for the 2012 reforms.

Reforms introducing auto-enrolment, employer duties and personal accounts will be staged in over a three year period from 2012, the department for work and pensions (DWP) says.

The Government will fail to protect millions of Britons from poverty in old age unless it makes vital changes to the way it introduces Personal Accounts, an influential report concludes.

An industry initiative to raise awareness of the open market option and decumulation choices has been formally named as the Pensions Income Choice Association (PICA).

Housing wealth could play a greater role in supporting retirement in the future, the Pensions Policy Institute says.

Housing wealth could play a greater role in supporting retirement in the future, the Pensions Policy Institute says.

Coverage of corporate defined contribution plans is not growing fast enough to fill the gap left by the continuing closure of defined benefit, Trades Union Congress analysis reveals.

FTSE Group has added 33 companies and removed 15 firms from its FTSE4Good index following a semi-annual review.

Pension schemes should encourage members of defined contribution schemes to personalise their investment strategies by helping them set individual journey plans, a Watson Wyatt paper says.

The aggregate funding position - total assets minus total liabilities - of defined benefit schemes improved by over £40bn over the last month, the Pension Protection Fund says.