Investment

Nearly a third of IFAs expect clients to be saving less into their pensions with an average reduction of around 21%, new research from MetLife Europe reveals.

Rowanmoor Pensions has appointed Mark Randell as a non-regulated senior consultant within the southern consultancy team.

A total of 80% of trustees predict their defined benefit (DB) pension schemes will still exist in 10 years, according to Aon Consulting.

Suffolk Life saw requests to transfer properties into SIPPs increase seven times to 35 in the week before the capital gains tax (CGT) rate change this month.

Almost a third of advisers who did not undertake SIPP business before A-Day have advised on the products since April 2006, according to research by LV=.

Neil Marsh, managing director of SIPP administrator Hornbuckle Mitchell, died on Tuesday after battling cancer for two and a half years.

A 'pension ISA' has been mooted by Martyn Laverick, head of group marketing at AWD Chase De Vere, as the possible solution to the nation's pensions deficit.

Norwich Union has launched the Norwich Union Income Drawdown plan for customers who want a simple product with the control benefits of a SIPP.

Lincoln Financial Group will host a series of breakfast seminars for advisers on retirement planning and business growth in April and May.

The Life Trust Foundation, an independent organisation, has launched to raise awareness and understanding of issues associated with increasing longevity.