The government today announced a revised timetable for the starting dates of auto-enrolment for employers of all sizes.

Following the announcement in November that auto-enrolment would be delayed for small businesses, the staging date for businesses with less than 30 members is from 1 January 2016 to 1 April 2017, while employers with 30 to 49 employees will have to start auto-enrolling their staff from 1 August 2015 to 1 October 2015

The National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) has appointed The Co-operative Asset Management (TCAM) to help it to develop and deliver an effective and dynamic responsible investment approach

Pensions need to be changed into ‘Lifetime Savings Accounts’ that can be utilised for people’s needs as their lives develop according to Saga director general Dr Ros Altmann

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has organised a number of regional roadshows to help large employers and financial advisers prepare for workplace pension changes

Nearly one in five of those planning to retire this year will do so with an outstanding debt average of £38,200 according to Prudential’s Class of 2012 research

Hornbuckle Mitchell has partnered with MetLife, Vestra Wealth and Blackrock to present a series of adviser workshops for advisers to discuss how to make the most of their clients’ money and how to ensure investments are in sync with a client’s situation

Industry figures welcomed today’s announcement from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) on changes to the automatic enrolment timetable, but some also warned for the dangers of more delays

The introduction of auto-enrolment from October will help to “break the savings stalemate” as workers increasingly look to benefit from employer contributions according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI)

The UK economy shrank by 0.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, according to gross domestic product (GDP) statistics released today

Best male single life level annuity rates and inflation-linked annuities remained largely stable for this month according to Alexander Forbes Annuity Bureau

The proposed approach to guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) equalisation will be costly for schemes, according to some experts

J.P.Morgan Asset Management has promoted John Stainsby to head of UK institutional business. Stainsby will be moving from his role as head of the client portfolio management team for global equities in London

New figures from the TaxPayers’ Alliance have revealed that £1 in every £5 of council tax is being spent on council pensions with 4,548 councillors currently members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), an increase of over 1,000 since 2007-08