It was announced on 16 December that Rachel Reeves was pressing pause on the second stage of the pensions review, a review that was expected to contain the long-awaited extension of auto-enrolment and measures to help the self-employed save for retirement.

As the year draws to a close it seems appropriate to keep with tradition and reflect on what has happened in a defining year for pension tax rules.

A new FCA consumer study has found that younger people - those aged 18-40 - are impulsive and heavily influenced by social media when it comes to investing.

The majority (95%) of financial advisers believe that the incoming inheritance tax liability on pensions is their clients’ greatest current financial concern, according to a new report.

The FCA has provisionally banned and fined two financial advisers over failings involving £126m of allegedly "flawed advice" pension transfers.