Investment

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

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Prudential has warned there will be further cuts to the annual allowance. Do you agree?

More than half of young workers are facing the prospect of lousy retirement incomes unless they significantly increase their pension contributions, an influential think-tank has said.

Careers breaks to care for children, more common part-time working and typically getting paid less money than men are key factors preventing women from saving adequately for retirement, according to a report.

Sense Network has launched a comprehensive auto enrolment support service for all of its members in conjunction with Steve Bee's Jargonfree Benefits.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has made its scheme registration process more stringent in an attempt to prevent pension liberation fraud.

A frozen income tax threshold coupled with mass auto-enrolment will result in the annual pension allowance being cut further, meaning people should increase contributions while they can, according to Prudential.

Life expectancy for typical retirees has fallen by several months, according to analysis of mortality data.

The next government must "brave up" and start raising auto-enrolment (AE) contribution rates towards 12% to 15% to manage expectations of savers, the head of the National Association of Pension Funds has said.

The Prince of Wales has called on the pensions industry to ditch its "short-term outlook" or risk condemning the country to a "miserable future".