HM Treasury has been urged to clarify its plans for increasing the age at which savers can access pension freedoms, after it accelerated the rate at which the state pension age will increase in July.

Fund manager Baillie Gifford has stopped attending and presenting at committee meetings of several Local Government Pension Scheme clients, demonstrating the trade-off between fees and face-to-face interaction that can come with asset pooling.

The government has announced that it will introduce its long-promised ban on pensions cold calling “when parliamentary time allows”, putting to bed concerns that a second consultation would further delay the legislation.

Analysis: Record numbers of older workers have come as little surprise to economists, but what will it mean for other generations, and might the broad trends hide potential pitfalls for pensions policy?

The Pensions Regulator has reaffirmed its commitment to improving standards of trusteeship, with a series of policies that place a particular focus on the role of professional and independent board members.

The average pension scheme trustee is being asked to dedicate more working days than ever to the running of a scheme, and is being paid less to do so, a survey released on Thursday has suggested.