A capacity crunch among providers trying to process requests to access to their pension pots is the biggest threat to the pension freedoms in the short term and risks creating disillusionment among consumers, The Pension Advisory Service (TPAS) chief...

The majority of people accessing their pensions for the first time will be overpaying tax, particularly if they withdraw large sums of cash, Prudential head of business development Vince Smith-Hughes has warned.

Tavistock Investments has bought IFA Sutcliffe Solloway Financial Planning and its parent Cornerstone Asset Holdings, completing the deal that formed Tavistock Partners.

More than 100 UK business leaders have backed Conservative economic policies, saying they showed the "UK is open for business" and created jobs.

Prudential chief executive Tidjane Thiam was awarded a £11.8m pay package for his final year as head of the insurer.

Most savers have no intention of taking on the risks of investing in equities once they have begun to draw their pension, research suggests.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley has called on firms to do more to support vulnerable customers, saying their mistakes made difficult situations worse "too many times".

The Money Advice Service (MAS) directory of retirement advisers will shortly include a display of adviser fees and charges to help consumers compare and contrast, following a delay, its chief executive Caroline Rookes has said.

People could lose their entitlement to means-tested benefits if they spend their pension pots after taking advantage of pensions freedom, the government has warned.

MPs have criticised the regulator's handling of last year's media blunder around an upcoming closed book review, saying it had been a "major self-inflicted distraction" and "created a false market in life insurance shares".