Investment

Legal & General (L&G) has extended its range of individual pensions with the launch of Portfolio Plus.

A trust designed to protect a client's SIPP lump sum death benefits from a future IHT charge on the death of their spouse has been launched by Fidelity FundsNetwork.

threesixty is offering a free updated version of its guide to IHT in response to the introduction of the transferable nil rate band announced in the last Pre-Budget.

Just Retirement's group total sales were £763.5m for the year ended 30 June 2008, up 12.8% year-on-year on the previous year's £676.8m.

Lincoln Financial Group is set to launch an intermediary extranet service for its Lincoln i2Live products, targeting the retirement planning market.

Only one in two people believe the state pension will still be in existence when they retire, research by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) suggests.

Increased investment in pension funds is helping schemes weather the turbulent markets and reduce deficits, according to research from Aon Consulting.

Michael Rudge asks whether clients should still look to use lifestyling investment strategies during volatile investment markets

Matthew Craig assesses the role of ISAs in helping people to get more from their retirement savings