Investment

ADVISERS could be missing out on a major business opportunity if they do not keep up to speed with the retirement market, according to Peter Quinton, business development director at retirement market specialist Living Time.

There's been a lot of discussion about personal accounts in the last few weeks. In mid-June the DWP issued its statement on the responses it received to the White Paper consultation earlier this year, and took the opportunity of making some decisions...

A third of company pension schemes ensure contributions do not rise unsustainably by placing an emphasis on higher equity outperformance in their recovery plan than in their technical provisions.

Pension disclosures of the FTSE 100 have achieved a £4bn overall surplus for the first time in over five years, according to Pension Capital Strategies (PCS), a pensions risk management and recovery adviser.

Complaints to the Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) about poor administration in personal pension arrangements have risen by 43% in the last year, according to its annual report. Administration complaints accounted for more than 30% of the total complaints...

As pioneers of SIPP, James Hay had good reason to believe it was on to something very big.  But we couldn't have predicted the seemingly exponential growth that the SIPP market has shown in recent years. 

In the eighties and early nineties, with-profits investments were the investment of choice for many. Sadly, this optimism was not borne out in the returns of many funds. Nick Bladen takes a look at the market

New work and pensions secretary Peter Hain faces a number of challenges as he steps into John Hutton's shoes following Gordon Brown's cabinet reshuffle.

A HIGH proportion of SIPP providers are failing their clients by refusing to allow them to select their own investment choices, according to specialist supplier of alternative assets investments Hotbed.

OVER half of the IFA community believe conventional annuities do not provide sufficient cover for retirement, according to a new survey.