Investment

Financial services and policy makers must act now to protect millions against the ‘pension pinch' as life expectancy increases and the pensions gap widens, urges Life Trust Foundation.

HSBC has hired Standard Life to provide a Group SIPP for employees wanting to invest maturing HSBC Share Reward Plans into a pension.

Britain's retirement confidence has hit its lowest point in three years, with nearly three quarters of the nation worried about affording a comfortable retirement, according to Alliance Trust Savings.

Paul Wright discusses how structured products can be used in a retirement planning portfolio

Kevin Pacey discusses the challenges for advisers and clients in the at-retirement market and looks at how the increasing choice affects how advisers give advice

Robert Pemberton examines how advisers can utilise VCTs and EISs in retirement planning portfolios

The FSA is warning firms to ensure pension savers receive suitable advice when tranferring protected rights into a SIPP.

Aegon UK is set to combine its individual and corporate life and pensions businesses as part of a mini restructure.

New rules allowing protected rights investment in SIPPs could leave savers exposed to huge losses due to a gap in compensation rules, AWD Chase de Vere warns.

Jason Walker, senior manager at AWD Chase de Vere, has warned that the move to include protected rights in SIPPs could leave investors exposed to huge losses in the event of a provider failure.