Investment

Legal and General has unveiled a series of marketing tools to help advisers encourage clients to take advantage of the "carry back" rule before it is abolished.

Thousands of UK companies will put more effort into improving their credit rating to reduce their Pension Protection Fund levies, than they will into dealing with pension scheme deficits, suggests research from Aon Consulting.

Removal of tax breaks on direct investment in residential property and esoteric assets in Sipps has provoked a flood of comments from IFAs concerned about the effect on business and consumer confidence.

New funding regulations for defined benefit (DB) occupational pension schemes have been laid before Parliament, ready to come into force from December 30.

Suffolk Life has launched a new look website designed to help advisers in their pre and post retirement planning for A-day and beyond.

Ian Naismith, head of pensions market development at Scottish Widows , explains the refined rules governing property in pensions since changes were announced in the pre-Budget Report, and what clients holding property should do now.

The potential liability risks to advisers has caused the Association of Independent Financial Advisers (Aifa) to tell its members it is not opposed to the Government's move to change the rules on the inclusion of residential property and other ‘exotic'...

The government's u-turn on sipps will not affect Standard Life's flotation next year "one iota" according to John Lawson, but he warns it could break smaller companies if legal action is taken by disgruntled clients.

The Treasury says A-Day implementation will not be delayed even though industry rumours earlier in the week suggested the A-Day 'launch date' could now be held back and a financial adviser warns there are enough unanswered questions about the government's...

The majority of IFAs advise their clients to contract back in to the State Second Pension (S2P), according to the Association of Independent Financial Advisers (Aifa).