Pensions

That's three occasions now when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has played down the need for advice. What is going on?

Axa Wealth is launching its direct platform proposition - Axa Self Investor - this summer, which will be backed by a UK-based telephone support team.

Tony Hales, managing director of Stadia Trustees, looks at where SIPP investors have put their money since the start of the year.

It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the weekend's national newspapers...

Nearly 30 pension funds, including Tesco, BUPA and the BBC, have filed claims at the High Court seeking damages from Henderson Global Investors over claims it took too much risk with one its funds.

The government's decision to switch from RPI to CPI to calculate annual public sector pension upgrades has been ruled lawful in the High Court.

Phil Clarke, technical services manager at Rowanmoor Pensions, says his son was reluctant to even consider opening a pension, until he bumped into a financial adviser...

Aviva is set to launch a corporate wrap solution next year as it looks to grab a foothold in the workplace savings market.

More warnings about fund fees, a growing controversy around JISAs and an explanation of financial planning - five things the nationals have thrown up that your clients will call you about this week.

More than 8,000 members of a works pension fear for their future after discovering their scheme, which has a £274m deficit, is to seek a bailout from the Pension Protection Fund.