A total of over £114bn has been invested in Automatic Enrolment pensions by nearly 11m people since they were first launched 10 years ago, new government figures published today show.

The State Pension could reach £220 by 2024, according to calculations from wealth manager and Financial Planner Quilter based on Bank of England predictions.

Laura Trott MP has become the new Pensions Minister, the Department for Work and Pensions announced today.

Christine Hallett founded retirement and SIPP provider Options UK (formerly Carey Pensions) in 2009 and is MD of the company, now part of STM Group. Here, the Options MD talks exclusively about her business following the controversial Adams case, her views on the SIPP market and her plans for the future.

The FCA intervened on a record 4,151 financial promotions between July and September this year, the highest quarterly number since it started publishing the data.