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DC pension plans 'badly designed and poorly modelled'Most defined contribution pension schemes are currently 'very badly designed' and are not modelled properly, according to a leading academic 26 March 2013
Pension pots to remain 'largely inadequate' post auto-enrolmentPension contributions after auto-enrolment are predicted to fall by almost half, according to a survey published today by Buck Consultants. 25 March 2013
MEPs warn IORP overhaul could 'jeopardise' pension investmentThe European Commission has been urged not to introduce new capital requirements for pension schemes which could limit the investment potential of funds. 25 March 2013
Employer contributions to DB pension schemes hit record levelEmployers paid a record amount into the defined benefit pension schemes they run last year, according to Towers Watson's analysis of official figures published today. 22 March 2013
Number of 'very old' people in England and Wales up 26%The number of people aged 90 and over increased by 26% between 2002 and 2011, according to figures published yesterday by the Office for National Statistics. 22 March 2013
Osborne rules out smoothing for pension scheme valuationsChancellor George Osborne has used his Budget to rule out plans to allow pension schemes to smooth the value of their assets and liabilities over a number of years in funding valuations. 20 March 2013
Webb confirms single state pension will be introduced in 2016Introducing the single state pension a year earlier than planned will net the government an extra £5.5bn in National Insurance revenue and benefit 400,000 women who were hit by an increase in the pension age last year, pensions minister Steve Webb said today. 19 March 2013
University pension schemes fall further into deficitThe funding position of the pension schemes run by universities for their non-academic staff worsened last year, according to figures published by Barnett Waddingham today. 19 March 2013
Insurance firms 'need to do more to embed risk appetite'The majority of insurance companies have defined the level of risk they are willing to accept but most are yet to apply these limits across all aspects of their business, Towers Watson said today. 18 March 2013
Faster move to single state pension 'could close final salary schemes'Plans to introduce a new single tier state pension a year earlier than planned in 2016 could accelerate the closure of final salary pension schemes in the private sector, industry experts have claimed. 18 March 2013

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Long-term care: coming of ageLife expectancy has hit record levels, but public age-related spending is likely to have to follow suit. Emma McWilliam and Richard See Toh report