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Jenna is an award-winning journalist with more than ten years' pensions and financial services experience. She is deputy editor of Professional Adviser and editor of Retirement Planner.

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Billions in pension freedom cash 'flows into bank accounts'
  • Pensions
Billions in pension freedom cash 'flows into bank accounts'

£3bn 'languishing' in low yielding accounts

  • 26 June 2018
Canada Life sells £2.7bn closed book to Scottish Friendly
  • Pensions
Canada Life sells £2.7bn closed book to Scottish Friendly

Focusing attention on annuity market

  • 21 June 2018
FCA criticised for 'slow' pace of change on DB transfer regulation
  • Pensions
FCA criticised for 'slow' pace of change on DB transfer regulation

DB administrators overwhelmed by adviser requests

  • 20 June 2018
PIMFA urges FCA against proposed contingent charge ban
  • Pensions
PIMFA urges FCA against proposed contingent charge ban

FCA consultation response

  • 24 May 2018
DB transfers: Five reasons for and against
  • Pensions
DB transfers: Five reasons for and against

100,000 people quit DB pensions in 2017/18

  • 23 May 2018
'Vigilance is key' in fight against pension scams - AMPS conference
  • Pensions
'Vigilance is key' in fight against pension scams - AMPS conference

'Damage is done at the moment the pension is transferred...'

  • 22 May 2018
Ambulance chasers turn focus on SIPPs as 'PPI claim pit' runs dry
  • Pensions
Ambulance chasers turn focus on SIPPs as 'PPI claim pit' runs dry

'Visibly trawling for prospective clients'

  • 22 May 2018
Lighthouse Group renews advice deal with MAS
  • Companies
Lighthouse Group renews advice deal with MAS

National advice business

  • 18 May 2018
Intervention: ABI's five-point pension engagement plan
  • Pensions
Intervention: ABI's five-point pension engagement plan

Get in early

  • 26 April 2018
SIPP market consolidation to continue, advisers predict
  • Pensions
SIPP market consolidation to continue, advisers predict

The majority of financial advisers (85%) believe the number of self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers will continue to fall in the coming year, according to Dentons Pension Management research.

  • 26 April 2018
Royal London to offer guaranteed annuity clients cash swap option
  • Income
Royal London to offer guaranteed annuity clients cash swap option

Pension freedom changed market

  • 25 April 2018
PA360: Advisers must embrace outsourcing to ensure profitability
  • Charging
PA360: Advisers must embrace outsourcing to ensure profitability

Advisers need to delegate and outsource

  • 25 April 2018
PA360: Equity release on the cusp of 'revolution'
  • Equity release
PA360: Equity release on the cusp of 'revolution'

Equity release panel

  • 24 April 2018
PA360: Why IFAs must get intimate with clients - Paul Resnik
  • Charging
PA360: Why IFAs must get intimate with clients - Paul Resnik

Speaking at PA360

  • 24 April 2018
PA360: FCA wants watertight documentation on pension transfer advice
  • Pensions
PA360: FCA wants watertight documentation on pension transfer advice

‘Documentation, documentation, documentation’

  • 24 April 2018
PA360: 'Kill your darlings' and embrace tech to serve lower-value clients
  • Technology
PA360: 'Kill your darlings' and embrace tech to serve lower-value clients

Speaking at PA360

  • 24 April 2018
Aviva boss joins BlackRock's board as non-exec director
  • People
Aviva boss joins BlackRock's board as non-exec director

Non-executive director

  • 16 March 2018
SimplyBiz to float on London Stock Exchange
  • Companies
SimplyBiz to float on London Stock Exchange

Set to happen on 4 April

  • 16 March 2018
Millions of auto-enrolment savers face 'affordability crisis'
  • Pensions
Millions of auto-enrolment savers face 'affordability crisis'

Additional budgeting tools needed

  • 15 March 2018
Prudential sells £12bn annuity book to Rothesay Life
  • Income
Prudential sells £12bn annuity book to Rothesay Life

Part of demerger from M&G

  • 14 March 2018
Govt in line for IHT boost as savers unclear on ISA rules - Canada Life
  • Tax Planning
Govt in line for IHT boost as savers unclear on ISA rules - Canada Life

IHT monitor reveals lack of understanding

  • 07 March 2018
Pension cold-calling ban to be in place 'by June'
  • Regulation
Pension cold-calling ban to be in place 'by June'

Govt tabled amendments today

  • 06 March 2018
Adviser brothers admit £17.5m investment fraud
  • Your profession
Adviser brothers admit £17.5m investment fraud

To be sentenced in April

  • 06 March 2018
ISA savers in the dark over IHT risks, Octopus warns
  • Tax planning
ISA savers in the dark over IHT risks, Octopus warns

Form part of taxable estate

  • 28 February 2018
Nucleus sets up DB transfer expert panel to help advisers
  • Pensions
Nucleus sets up DB transfer expert panel to help advisers

Adviser insight

  • 27 February 2018
 Standard Life Aberdeen sells insurance arm to Phoenix for £3bn
  • Your profession
Standard Life Aberdeen sells insurance arm to Phoenix for £3bn

Retains platform and financial advice business

  • 23 February 2018
FCA's latest annuity rules 'fundamentally' flawed
  • Income
FCA's latest annuity rules 'fundamentally' flawed

Annuity market worth £4bn in 2017

  • 22 February 2018
Lloyds targets one million new pension clients by 2020
  • Retirement
Lloyds targets one million new pension clients by 2020

Three year strategic review

  • 21 February 2018
SIFA chair Ian Muirhead to retire
  • People
SIFA chair Ian Muirhead to retire

Started the organisation in 1992

  • 15 February 2018
Prudential offers financial planning to Cambridge Building Society members
  • Protection
Prudential offers financial planning to Cambridge Building Society members

Has 13 branches

  • 12 February 2018
Nicky Morgan: Govt must publish Brexit financial services plan now
  • Economics / Markets
Nicky Morgan: Govt must publish Brexit financial services plan now

‘Businesses need answers urgently’

  • 08 February 2018
Personal Touch bought by LSL Property Services for £4.8m
  • Companies
Personal Touch bought by LSL Property Services for £4.8m

Network has 200 ARs and 474 advisers

  • 31 January 2018
AMPS challenges FSCS over investment due diligence responsibility
  • Regulation
AMPS challenges FSCS over investment due diligence responsibility

Timing of intervention 'reckless'

  • 24 January 2018
Pension tax relief costs soar to £41bn as auto-enrolment gathers pace
  • Retirement
Pension tax relief costs soar to £41bn as auto-enrolment gathers pace

Latest HMRC figures reveal scale of relief

  • 23 January 2018
FSCS ups total levy to £336m for 2018/19
  • Regulation
FSCS ups total levy to £336m for 2018/19

Covers nine month period

  • 19 January 2018
FCA uncovers 'significant client risk' in retail CFD market
  • Regulation
FCA uncovers 'significant client risk' in retail CFD market

CFDs are complex, high-risk instruments

  • 10 January 2018
FSCS demands extra £24m levy due to rising SIPP claims
  • Regulation
FSCS demands extra £24m levy due to rising SIPP claims

SIPP-related claims continue to grow

  • 04 January 2018
FSCS admits Arch Cru compensation mistakes
  • Regulation
FSCS admits Arch Cru compensation mistakes

Some overpayments won't be paid back

  • 04 January 2018
Canada Life completes Retirement Advantage takeover
  • Income
Canada Life completes Retirement Advantage takeover

Annuity market consolidation

  • 03 January 2018
 Thousands face unexpected tax bills due to 'complex' annual allowance taper
  • Tax planning
Thousands face unexpected tax bills due to 'complex' annual allowance taper

'Fiendishly' hard to understand

  • 02 January 2018
FOS: Now not right time to change funding model
  • Regulation
FOS: Now not right time to change funding model

Will freeze levy for sixth year

  • 13 December 2017
Pension transfers: Top five things clients must consider
  • Retirement
Pension transfers: Top five things clients must consider

Food for thought before cashing out

  • 07 December 2017
L&G sells mature savings business to Swiss Re in £650m deal
  • Retirement
L&G sells mature savings business to Swiss Re in £650m deal

Covers one million customers

  • 06 December 2017
More clients to complete tax returns after interest rule change, IFA warns
  • Tax planning
More clients to complete tax returns after interest rule change, IFA warns

Bills must be paid by 31 January

  • 28 November 2017
Pension guidance bodies launch webchat service
  • Retirement
Pension guidance bodies launch webchat service

Part of the Single Financial Guidance Body

  • 28 November 2017
Autumn Budget 2017: Lifetime allowance increase confirmed
  • Retirement
Autumn Budget 2017: Lifetime allowance increase confirmed

Increases in-line with CPI

  • 22 November 2017
ABI issues 'vulnerable client' guidance for pension providers
  • Retirement
ABI issues 'vulnerable client' guidance for pension providers

Policy should be place by January 2018

  • 16 November 2017
Consolidator AFH ups latest share issue to £17.5m
  • Your profession
Consolidator AFH ups latest share issue to £17.5m

Will have £20m war chest

  • 15 November 2017
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