Investment

Nationals round-up: ETFs came under the microscope following the UBS scandal, while downturn-beating funds, retirement income and Halifax's savings accounts also featured.

James Hay Partnership's Neil MacGillivray explains how a client can get more for less.

Ed Miliband was heckled by delegates at this week's TUC conference after he sparked trade union fury by describing strikes over public sector pension reforms as "a mistake".

Trade unions this morning declared war on government pension policy after three of the country's biggest confirmed some 1.65 million workers would move to strike in November over public sector pensions.

This week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll asks: Do you believe the DWP should accelerate the increase in State Pension Age to age 67?

A former director of advisory firm Towry Law has written a book about his experiences in his second career as a celebrity booker.

A Barclays bank manager investigated a colleague's £20,000 theft from a customer aged 95 - then stole £23,000 from the same pensioner by copying the crime.

Entrepreneur Ivan Massow, fresh from launching his new venture which aims to refund 'unearned' trail commission to retail customers, said he is confident the process does not fall foul of HMRC tax rules where it involves pension plans.

Retirement Planner's roundup of the top pensions stories this week.

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