This week's final decision from the European Court of Justice to accept the preliminary opinion of its Advocate General, Juliane Kokott, on ending the opt-out insurance has from the relevant European non-discrimination directives is not a surprise.

Guardian Wealth Management, the international advice firm, will head-hunt 300 IFAs in a major recruitment drive ahead of the RDR, and offer some the chance to escape the rule change by working abroad.

Insurers based outside the EU could undercut UK providers forced to use unisex annuity pricing by setting up QROPS, an expert says.

Advisers are preparing immediate mail-outs to clients to warn them of the impact of today's ECJ ban on gender-based insurance pricing.

Pension providers warn the ECJ's ban on gender-based annuity pricing is a "horrible mistake" which will damage pension income for all.

The ECJ has outlawed the use of gender in underwriting, which is likely to lead to a fall in annuity rates for men and increased costs for all.

State pension forecasts sent out to people approaching retirement are so complicated even financial advisers do not understand them, pensions minister Steve Webb says.

The former president of a New Jersey-based mortgage company has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his part in an £84m fraud scheme.

Rowanmoor Pensions has confirmed it will not pass on its FSCS levy to consumers.

The new limit of £50,000 on pension contributions will hit doctors disproportionately hard as they are forced to pay extra advice fees, accountants say.