| ABI | Association of British Insurers |
| AMC | Annual Management Charge |
| ASP | Alternatively Secured Pension |
| ATP | Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension |
| AVC | Additional Voluntary Contribution |
| BSP | Basic State Pension |
| CAT | Cost, Access, Terms |
| CBI | Confederation of British Industry |
| CDF | Central Discontinuence Fund |
| CDO | Collateralised Debt Obligations |
| CDS | Credit Default Swaps |
| CIS | Collective Investment Scheme |
| DB | Defined Benefit |
| DC | Defined Contribution |
| DWP | Department for Work and Pensions |
| EEF | Engineering Employers Federation |
| EMAG | Equitable Members Action Group |
| FOS | Financial Ombudsman Service |
| FSA | Financial Services Authority |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GPP | Group Personal Pension |
| IA | Investors' Association |
| IFA | Independent Financial Advisor |
| IMA | Investment Management Association |
| IOSCO | International Organsation of Securities Commissions |
| ISA | Individual Savings Account |
| NAPF | National Association of Pension Funds |
| NPSS | National Pension Savings Scheme |
| NI | National Insurance |
| OEIC | Open-Ended Investment Company |
| OPRA | Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority, now the Pensions Regulator |
| OEIC | Open-Ended Investment Company |
| ONS | Office for National Statistics |
| OXERA | Oxford Economic Research Associates |
| PAYE | Pay As You Earn |
| PPF | Pension Protection Fund |
| PPI | Pension Policy Institute |
| PPM | Premiepensionsmyndigheten |
| PTR | Portfolio Turnover Rate |
| RIY | Reduction In Yield |
| SDRT | Stamp Duty Reserve Tax |
| SERPS | State Earnings Related Pension Scheme, now S2P |
| SIPP | Self-Invested Pension Plan Self-Invested Personal Pension |
| S2P | State Second Pension |
| TARP | Troubled Asset Relief Program |
| TER | Total Expense Ratio |
| TUC | Trades Union Congress |
| UCITS | Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities |