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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published its long-awaited defined ambition (DA) paper, setting out three proposals for new structures for schemes, including a 'flexible' defined benefit (DB) model which would see the removal of indexation...

New life sales at Aegon's UK business were £190m in the third quarter of 2013, a 17% rise on the corresponding period last year, thanks to auto-enrolment, group pension and platform sales.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Should all pension charges be capped at 0.5%?

Network Sesame has confirmed that it is planning to drop its independence mandate for investment and pension advice and move to a ‘whole of market' restricted proposition in 2014.

The planned pension charge cap should be reduced to 0.5% and extended to all funds, not just those used for auto-enrolment, according to Which?

Pensions minister Steve Webb says the upcoming consultation on defined ambition will not set out prescriptive single-model options for enhanced defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) provision.

Pension savers in defined contribution (DC) schemes could see their pots increase by a third if the government moved to introduce collective DC schemes, according to a report.

Royal London's Ascentric wrap platform has achieved a third quarter of record net new business, with £1.25bn of new assets for the year to date.