Investment

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

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Age Partnership recently issued a warning about Property Protection Trusts. Are these trusts a significant problem?

The acceleration of the introduction of the single tier flat-rate state pension to April 2016 has been confirmed by pensions minister Steve Webb.

Politicians in Cyprus are considering exempting bank accounts with deposits of 20,000 euros (£17,000) or less from the planned country-wide levy.

FIVE THINGS

Chancellor George Osborne is to bring forward the introduction of the flat-rate state pension and the cap on social care by a year.

The government is ‘woefully underprepared' for the impact a rapidly ageing population will have on society and public services, a Lords Committee has warned.

PLATFORM PRICING

The number of advising staff working in financial advice firms fell 9% last year, according to figures put together for the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA).

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Have you seen a surge of clients interested in investing in commercial property?