Workplace pension providers and advisers have expressed fury at reports that minister for pensions and financial inclusion Guy Opperman will attend a meeting to discuss letting members choose their auto-enrolment provider.

Superfunds have set their sights on almighty chunks of the defined benefit universe, but in conversation with trustees who may find themselves approving consolidation deals, Pensions Expert finds that the market for 'buyout-light' may be narrower than expected.

Life expectancy in the UK has flatlined in the past two years, according to the Office for National Statistics, with drops in the life expectancy of babies born in Scotland and Wales putting an end to decades of improving longevity.

The chair of the Work and Pensions Committee has written to the Pensions Regulator asking it to reflect on lessons it should have learned from its handling of the Kodak Pension Plan, which this week announced it faced Pension Protection Fund entry.

A former deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has urged UK defined contribution schemes to better protect members by developing default retirement products combining drawdown and lifetime income.

National insurance contributions from pensioners’ income could be used to stem opt-outs resulting from increased contributions under auto-enrolment, an influential Conservative peer has suggested.

Analysis: Private credit is flavour of the month with yield-starved defined benefit funds, but has only attracted defined contribution business from the giants of the mastertrust sector. Could renegotiations on fees open up the asset class for today’s savers?