On the go: Master trusts have been slow off the mark to obtain authorisation from the Pensions Regulator. They have a six-month window from 1 October to gain approval. Since then only one master trust has applied.
On the go: A massive rise in the employer contribution to the Teachers' Pension Scheme could lead to the closure of 100 prep schools, according to the special education website TES, which first warned of the approaching crisis for the independent schools sector last month.
On the go: Since the introduction of the pension freedoms in 2015, the Financial Ombudsman Service has received fewer than 15,000 complaints involving pensions. Of this figure, just 1,700 have been about pension freedoms and around 300 of these complaints were about defined benefit transfers.
On the go: An industry group has been set up to work on implementing, promoting and encouraging the use of new cost transparency templates across the pensions and investment industries, with the aim of encouraging more consistent disclosure of costs.
On the go: Self-employed workers want government help to save for retirement and would back new laws to expand auto-enrolment or to make saving for retirement compulsory, new research from Prudential shows.
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