Tax on pension contributions could affect those currently earning £100,000 a year by 2020, Towers Watson has warned.

Dates for a series of televised debates, featuring the leaders of all three major political parties, have been confirmed.

Reform of the Open Market Option would boost government coffers by £1.7bn over 20 years and should form part of all political manifestos, a lobby group says.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for a shift to a ‘notional defined contribution' model - effectively pay-as-you-go DC - to tackle the £1trn unfunded public sector pensions deficit.

The Tories say they will scrap means testing for Equitable Life victims if they are elected.

An adviser has been banned by the FSA for exposing customers to the risk of receiving unsuitable advice and failing to take remedial action.

Aegon's head of annuity sales, Mark Cardy, has been made redundant as part of a restructure of the group's sales teams.

Ken Clarke, Vince Cable and Alistair Darling have come out as more popular choices to fill the role of Chancellor than George Osborne, among City economists.

Friends Provident has removed all market value reductions (MVRs) from its with-profits policies.

The Treasury has published a discussion paper on how building societies access capital, detailing options for securing the industry's long-term stability.