Lobby group FairPensions has called on schemes to scrutinise their investment providers’ ethical performance, using its responsibility ratings of some of the UK’s biggest ethical fund managers.

Plans for defined ambition are still not clear enough, despite the government's recent publication of a long-awaited paper into the idea, a select committee MP has said. 

Data analysis: The charity has urged schemes to adopt a gradual approach to providing pension information to employees, following government data showing different levels of knowledge among members and non-members.

Retail union Usdaw is in consultation with a number of medium-sized employers seeking to close existing pension schemes and introduce bare-minimum arrangements.

UK pension schemes are showing a greater appetite for target date funds, according to consultants, as fund managers look to increase their defined contribution products.

A Labour MP is due to meet with the Pensions Regulator in the next couple of weeks to air his concerns about foreign companies' responsibilities to UK pension-holders.

Small and medium-sized enterprises are being put off Nest because of the restrictions imposed on the organisation, its chief executive has said.

Unison, the largest union among public sector employees, has vowed to legally challenge plans to use local government pension funds to pay for housing projects.