If government reduces pensions tax relief to 20%, the ‘squeezed middle' could be £3,000 worse off per year in retirement, says Fidelity Worldwide Investment.
Andrew Tully highlights the growing importance of the enhanced annuity market
Fiona Murphy asks whether we will see a resurgence in SSAS schemes as a result of changing market conditions.
Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.
It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...
People need to take ownership of financial planning as the average retirement age increases, says an AXA Wealth spokesman.
Average retirement ages rose by almost one year between 2004 and 2010 according to research published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Over ten per cent of people who had planned to retire during 2012 are now making alternative arrangements, according to research from Prudential.
Aegon has been ordered to pay a customer £10,500 in compensation after it told him he would receive double the pension income he was actually due.
The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has proposed a nationalised brokerage system to help retirees get the best annuity rate and reform the current "toxic system".