Income

Can we just pause for a moment? Reaction to the (latest) pensions upheaval

The government's wide ranging reforms of the pension income landscape have been confirmed in the Queen's Speech.

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Sweeping pension and annuity reforms will be the centrepiece of the Queen's Speech later this morning.

Platform Ascentric has removed the set up and transfer-in costs on its in-house self invested personal pension (SIPP) and cut its annual tax wrapper fee from £150 to £100.

Chancellor George Osborne is in danger of emulating Robert Maxwell "as a destroyer of pension savings" with plans for a retirement 'guidance guarantee', Tom McPhail has warned.

Product providers should have no role in delivering free retirement guidance, following the 'advice for all' proposals in the Budget, Legal & General (L&G) chief executive Nigel Wilson has said.

Billy Burrows is to leave specialist annuity broker Annuity Line as part of a business restructure.

A third of over 55s who are still working do not see the value in taking financial advice at retirement, according to research from MGM Advantage.

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