Investment

Legal and General (L&G) workplace savings managing director Tony Filbin is due to retire and concentrate on his independent roles and governance, a spokesman has confirmed.

Up to 90,000 employers would be forced to review their defined contribution (DC) schemes if a charge cap was introduced, according to a government paper.

Large employers have criticised the government, pensions industry and payroll providers for the level of support available in setting up auto-enrolment (AE).

More than half of couples over the age of 40 are at risk of leaving one partner penniless in retirement in the event that the other one dies because they have failed to sort their financial affairs.

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Since the coalition came to power in 2010, Steve Webb has been charged with the task of implementing auto-enrolment. Helen Morrissey spoke to the pensions minister about the first year of AE and challenges that lie ahead

Adviser commission on auto-enrolment pension schemes established before the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) could be scrapped under measures announced by the government.

Most over-45s are "wildly optimistic" by expecting to retire with almost half a million pounds in assets excluding their homes, says a report.

Fiona Murphy discusses the massive opportunities advisers have encountered in the first year of auto-enrolment

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