Retirement
Partner Insight: Five new retirement journeys ahead
For a long time, the road to retirement followed a familiar path. Individuals saved up for a pension during their working life in order to retire at a set age; usually around 65. This path has shifted, however.
Adrian Boulding: Go against the pack and consider an annuity
Only one in ten opt for an annuity
Neil MacGillivray: Annual allowance and 'scheme pays' explained
Scheme pays or not scheme pays?
DWP bans flat-fee AE charges on pots worth under £100
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will ban the charging of flat fees on auto-enrolment (AE) pots valued at or below £100 and launch work on how to standardise cost and charges reporting.
Pension contributions drop 11% during first lockdown
‘Dramatic’ drop due to pandemic’s economic impact
Jon Greer: Why advisers must 'sit up and take notice' of investment pathways
Coming soon to a provider near you
L&G launches pension pot tracing and consolidation services
Unclaimed pots total £19.4bn
Claire Trott: New year, new scams
Avoiding the traps
FCA identifies 30,000 instances of unregulated activity in last 12 months
Calls for more cash to fund scam prevention campaigns
SimplyBiz Group adds Aviva Financial Advice to pension transfer panel
Advice outsourcing option
LV= panel initially rejected Bain Capital deal in favour of Royal London bid
Execs sought further reassurances
Helen Dean awarded CBE in New Year's Honours for services to pension saving
Former pensions minister Eagle named on list too
LV= buyer Bain Capital 'very supportive' of firm's protection plans
‘A great outcome’
Pensions dashboard data standards published; Opperman urges providers to prepare data
Dashboards ready from 2023?
Claire Trott: Decisions to make on annual allowance charge
Decisions to make
Adrian Boulding: First steps along the 'investment pathway'
Coming into force in February 2021
L&G to halve emission intensity of £81bn annuity book by 2030
Net-zero by 2050
Joshua Pond: Pension investments will suffer 'long Covid'
Societal inequalities will outlive virus
Debenhams schemes remain in PPF assessment after rescue attempt fails
Department store goes under
Drawdown retirees savers remain reluctant to pay for advice, says Aegon
A tenth of pension savers would consult an adviser
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