Preparing for a new environment

We now have less than six months to go before the most radical change in pension provision in the UK for a generation or more. Not only is the political pace of activity hotting up, with the announcement of the pensioner credit by Alistair Darling, but a consumer campaign is set to raise the profile of pensions in the first quarter of next year - ahead of a General Election which may see pensions emerge as a key issue. So how is the financial services industry preparing to deal with the expected changes? Providers, including Scottish Amicable, have been gearing up for the last year or two ...