Providers and fund managers have shown "complete inconsistency" over issues such as legacy trail and facilitating adviser charging - showing they were underprepared for the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to the Personal Finance Society (PFS)....

Origen has sold its small self-administered scheme (SSAS) business to pension provider and consultant Barnett Waddingham.

Suffolk Life has continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of Origen Investment Services' self-invested personal pension (SIPP) book.

Advisers have to stop criticising each other to better build the image of the profession and increase consumer confidence, Keith Richards has said.

George Osborne has started the sale process of the taxpayer stake in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds, within hours of both banks getting approval from regulators over their capital strength.

With the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) long-awaited announcement on how platforms will be paid for, and whether rebates can be paid to consumers, a line has finally been drawn.

With restrictions on annual pension contributions being cut from £50,000 to £40,000 and the lifetime limit on savings qualifying for tax reliefs dropping from £1.5m to £1.25m for the 2014-15 tax year, retirement planning for high net worth individuals...

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Police and regulatory action against pension liberation fraud is making progress, although much of the work is still taking place behind the scenes, delegates heard.