Prudential study reveals one in six will retire with no pension

Prudential's Class of 2012 study has revealed that one in six people (that's some 16 per cent) planning to retire this year will depend on the State Pension to fund their retirement as they have no other pension.

The figures come from Prudential's Class of 2012 research, which provides insights into the financial expectations of Britons

Independent trustee services or DIY? Time to get sociable!

With such far-reaching changes taking place within the pensions world these days, it's small wonder many employees now feel a certain amount of bemused detachment, no doubt interspersed with a liberal dose of confusion, worry and perhaps moments of panic! 
Who can blame them given the drip-feed nature of 24-hour breaking news often adding

Rocky ride ahead for UK pensions reforms?

Government plans to reform workplace pensions in the UK could be in for a rocky ride, industry experts are warning.

The changes, which will see employees automatically enrolled into pensions schemes, are set to begin in 2012 and will be implemented over a four-year period.

But millions of workers are likely to opt out of auto-enrolment, according to a survey carried out on behalf of the

Is the pension protection scheme weathering the storm?

Apparently so, according to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), which is also responsible for the Financial Assistance Scheme. Good news for troubled pension schemes and their members, independent trustees who must  undertake PPF assessment & FAS assessment and other pension-industry watchers.

Although PPF chief executive Alan Rubenstein describes the economic climate of the past couple of