The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association - the trade body that represents 1,300 pension schemes with 20m members - has joined the chorus of concern about the Government’s potential axing of the Retail Prices Index (RPI), the measure used to decide many annual pension increases.

Investment platform AJ Bell said the Government must ensure state pension data is available on the first version of pensions dashboards when they are launched in the UK.

July felt like an incredibly busy month. Aside from the continued juggle of home schooling alongside the day job, consultations have been coming at us thick and fast.

Adviser platform AJ Bell Investcentre is to give financial advisers access to third party Managed Portfolio Services (MPS) from external Discretionary Fund Managers via its platform for the first time.

STM Group has acquired Berkeley Burke (Financial Services) and Berkeley Burke Employee Benefit Consultants, which provide administration and consultancy services to SSAS and international businesses, in a deal worth up to £2.9m.