Investment

The at-retirement market presents significant growth opportunities for advisers and providers according to research from Dunstan Thomas.

STATE PENSION

Government plans to increase spending on state pensions have been criticised as "unaffordable and irresponsible" in a report by a free market think tank.

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Should consumers be able to switch annuities as pension minister Steve Webb has advocated?

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pensions stories this week.

Cardiff-based IFA Penguin Wealth has launched an online retirement planning advice service aimed at lower-net-worth consumers.

Prime Minister David Cameron has said the state pension will continue to rise by at least 2.5% a year until 2020 if the Conservatives win the next election.

The majority of employers are in favour of using auto-escalation schemes to increase contribution rates in defined contribution (DC) schemes, according to research from the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA).

Peter Hargreaves, the co-founder and former CEO of Hargreaves Lansdown, has been given a CBE in the New Year's Honours list, while former Bank of England (BoE) deputy governor Paul Tucker has been knighted.

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