Investment

The planned cap on annual management charges (AMC) for pension schemes is too narrow and risks bringing an "artificial" element to the market, Scottish Life has said.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has launched the first comprehensive review of the UK's retirement needs.

Prudential has reported a 25% fall in the sale of its with-profits bonds, which it attributes to a fall in the number of bank advisers who were major distributors of the product.

A tool designed to help advisers project-manage their employer clients through auto-enrolment - and set an appropriate fee for doing so - has been launched by Scottish Widows.

How to monetise the mammoth job of helping firms reach auto-enrolment staging

Pension PlayPen has launched a free comparison tool to rate and compare quotes from all the main pension providers.

Companies could be forced to funnel another £250bn into their final salary pension schemes over the next decade because of ultra-low interest rates and QE, according to a report.

Advisers are being invited to sign up to a free-to-view public directory which aims to connect pre-retirees with brokers to help them secure a better pension income.

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

Pension transfers should take no longer than six working days, according to the the Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) which is set to launch a service facilitating quicker switches.