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Darius McQuaid

Articles by Darius McQuaid

Pensions

Savers shun 'market-beating' state pension top-up offer

Top-up scheme running until April 2017

clock 16 August 2016 • 3 min read

Investment

IFA signs partnership deal with Brooks Macdonald

Parento clients given access to DFM

clock 15 August 2016 • 1 min read

Pensions

Ros Altmann: WASPI campaign has 'absolutely no support' in govt

Baroness says backing WASPI put her position at risk

clock 11 August 2016 • 1 min read

Income

Govt must rethink lifetime allowance in light of 'gloomy' annuity outlook

Rate cut signals 'bleak' future for annuities

clock 11 August 2016 • 3 min read

Income

Enhanced annuity sales drop almost 30% in Q1

Unpredictable sales following pension reforms

clock 10 August 2016 • 2 min read

Regulation

Micro firms face '£22m fines' over auto-enrolment breaches

'Sizeable chunk' of micro employers still not aware of duties

clock 08 August 2016 • 2 min read

Companies

Gee & Watson continues growth with latest acquisition

Creates Merseyside's ‘second largest' advice business

clock 03 August 2016 • 1 min read

Pensions

Pension transfers face problems in two out of five cases - research

Old pension schemes cause delays

clock 03 August 2016 • 2 min read

Income

Women lose out as retirement income gender gap grows - research

Career breaks hit female retirement income

clock 03 August 2016 • 2 min read

Income

Using property to fund retirement 'last resort' for majority

Little appetite for using property as pension

clock 02 August 2016 • 2 min read