Pensions

Axa Wealth has launched an online pension top-up service for its Retirement Wealth Account and Individual Personal Pension.

Insurer and asset manager Standard Life reported a 13% dip in group pre-tax operating profits for 2013 despite strong inflows.

The Scouts were right when they said: "Be prepared." The motto works well for auto-enrolment too.

Up to 90,000 employers would be forced to review their defined contribution (DC) schemes if a charge cap was introduced, according to a government impact assessment.

A majority of advisers have backed the recent comments made by Prince Charles, condoning the short-term outlook of the pensions industry.

Partnership has taken on 20 high liability pension members from an unnamed company in a deal worth £22m.

Automatic enrolment (AE) into workplace pension schemes "takes away savers' choices, treats them like children and should be overhauled", according to a managing partner at True Potential.

Pensions minister Steve Webb will tomorrow join Hargreaves Lansdown as an apprentice for the day.

LV= has seen a drop in life and pensions sales of 14% for the first half 2013 compared to last year.

Standard Life has launched an online auto-enrolment process, designed to facilitate the conversion of current arrangements to qualifying workplace pension schemes.