Investment

The news from Scottish Widows that 50% of women are now saving properly in pensions is welcome, but retirement equality is still a long way off.

Origo, the eCommerce standards and services body for the financial services industry, has announced Cofunds, Fidelity, AJ Bell and Suffolk Life have jointed its pension transfer service.

The number of women saving adequately for retirement has hit a seven year high according to the Scottish Widows' Women and Pensions report.

Almost half (46%) of women over 40 who live with a partner do not have a pension according to research by Prudential.

According to PA research, 66% of advisers polled said they did not recommend unit linked guarantees. Why do you think this is and what can be done to increase the number of advisers recommending the product?

Plans to introduce a code of conduct forcing pension fund management fees to be disclosed to savers in a simple "pounds and pence" format may actually end up costing lower-paid members more, industry figures have warned.

A group of public sector unions will begin a High Court challenge today over the way public sector pensions are calculated.

Question: What education and training do advisers need with regard to unit-linked guarantees?

Question: What lessons can the UK unit-linked guarantee market learn from the more established markets such as the US and Japan?

Lord Hutton has said the Labour administration's pension reform package did not go far enough and may have "made matters worse".