Retirement

A series of post A-Day guides to help advisers understand the impact of new legislation are being produced by Clerical Medical.

James Hay Consultancy, Abbey's small self-administered scheme (ssas) business, has been sold in a management buy-out.

More pensioners are turning to a 'new breed of IFA' to plan for both their future and those of their children, claims Friends Provident.

Despite over 60% of advisers believing transfer penalties are the biggest obstacle to pension asset consolidation, transfer business is on the increase.

Despite being an adviser to the prime minister's policy unit, Dr Ros Altmann could be considered to be the government's chief nemesis on the subject of pensions.

Guidance from the Pensions Regulator on the role of death-in-service only schemes has still not made everything clear for trustees.

The Conservatives have criticised the Treasury for being so 'secretive' over information relating to the removal of tax relief on dividends.

Almost 5,000 businesses have lost confidence in their final salary pension schemes over the last year.

Proposals to change the contributory principle of the state pension, will not much of a difference, claims the Pensions Policy Institute.

Firms which apply to operate personal pension schemes will be given ‘interim permission', even if their application has not been approved when regulations come into force.