Investment

A TOTAL of 16 million members in private occupational schemes could be entitled to more than 25pc tax-free cash before initiating any pension transfer, according to Skandia.

Provision remains a key driver of business for financial advisers, according to research from Rowanmore Pensions.

Let's face it - advising someone on whether they should transfer their deferred benefits out of a final salary scheme is one of the trickiest things for pensions advisers.

Prudential has launched the first with-profits annuity which can be purchased with protected rights funds, following negotiations with the Department for Work and Pensions.

Scottish Life, the pensions specialist arm of the Royal London Group, is launching a Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) product in December. The new SIPP facilities are available from "Pension Portfolio", the recently rebranded extension of Scottish...

A straw poll of IFAonline readers is predicting the next government will spring a u-turn on all pensions changes recently announced.

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Hopes that HM Treasury may soften the charges around Alternatively Secured Pensions (ASP) have been boosted by evidence included in a Treasury Select Committee report.

The Pensions Regulator should take a step back from its proposals to regulate risks in defined contribution schemes as it could lead to unintended consequences for smaller work-place pensions, warns Aegon.

A report into the handling of Equitable Life complaints by the Financial Ombudsman Service has concluded the behaviour of FOS has left "an abiding and entirely justifiable sense of disillusionment, frustration and injustice".