An independent retirement savings commission should be created to put the long term interests of savers at the heart of pensions policy, according to The National Association of Pension Funds.

The link between the auto enrolment earnings trigger and income tax could be axed next year.

Turning pensions into something beginning to resemble bank accounts is "dangerous and misleading", according to a pensions firm, following more reforms announced by the Government.

A study has shown a significant decline in workplace pension participation among private sector workers on low pay in the last 10 years, although auto-enrolment appears to be improving the situation.

The job of advisers will be to "protect people from themselves" in the new era of pensions being ushered in from April, Partnership's chief executive says.

Government plans to raise the retirement age by up to six months per year are "flawed" but should be a "wake up call," says the head of a global financial advisory organisation.

A tax specialist in northern England has reported a surge in enquiries from business owners and financial advisers keen to explore pension-led funding.

Analysis of the latest mortality data has shown how limited the impact of scrapping the pensions death tax will be, according to a Sipp provider.

Retirees in parts of England face being £120 or more short of what they need every week, a report has found, with residents in Greater London, the south west and east of England most unprepared financially for life after work.