On the go: The Treasury’s pension freedoms tax bonanza continues, as record sums are being withdrawn.

On the go: The accountant of a London cafe has been ordered to pay £6,857.50 after he admitted falsely claiming to the Pensions Regulator that staff had been enrolled into pensions.

On the go: A quarter of UK residents will be aged 65 years or over within the next 50 years. This is a result of improvements in life expectancy. 

On the go: Aon is urging sponsors and trustees of UK defined benefit schemes to do more than “just kick the tyres on historic valuation approaches” and check their actuarial valuation choice is right for their scheme.

On the go: Women retire with pension incomes almost 40 per cent lower than men on average, according to new research, despite recent legal efforts to ensure equality in the state pension system.

On the go: The government faces growing pressure to review ‘emergency tax’ treatment of pension freedoms withdrawals, after it was revealed that a staggering £372.5m has now been reclaimed by pension savers since the freedoms were launched in April 2015.

On the go: In a fluid market, more than half of small and medium-sized businesses have already switched their auto-enrolment provider. Most firms cited value for money or investment performance as the reason for the move.

On the go: Following demand from members, LifeSight, Willis Towers Watson’s defined contribution master trust, will allocate around half of the equity investments within its default fund into environmental, social and governance investment strategies by Q4 2018.

On the go: Inflation hedging has seen a sharp rise with activity up by 22 per cent in the third quarter of 2018, to around £24.2bn. Total interest rate hedging activity was around £29.2bn in the third quarter, a 1 per cent fall according to the BMO Global Asset Management.