Retirement

Less than 10% of wealthy UK adults are convinced the State will be able to provide them with enough cash to live through retirement, new research indicates.

An extra £2bn in National Insurance (NI) rebates is needed to compensate those employers and members of company pension schemes opting out of the State Second Pension (S2P), new research indicates.

Product research firm Defaqto has produced a report in the s32 offerings of 15 pension providers, suggesting Clerical Medical, Prudential and Scottish Life offer the best options on the market.

Scottish Life's pensions e-information centre known as Technical Central has enhanced its technical and practical support provisions for IFAs ahead of A-Day.

The government's stakeholder range of savings have shown "disappointingly low sales", according to the latest life and pensions new business figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published a position paper on contracting out of the State Second Pension following the reports from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Which?.

More than a third of UK pensioners are unable to afford to live how they had hoped in retirement, with the average person needing an extra £180,000 during their 25 year pension lifetime, new research indicates.

Most divorced women approaching retirement are without sufficient pension provision despite laws supposed to split pension pots equally between partners in a dissolved marriage.

Industry comments are mixed regarding a possible investigation by the FSA over mis-selling claims on contracting-in and out of the state second pension, previously known as Serps.

Individuals contracting out of the state second pension (S2P) scheme could find themselves with £4 per week less than if they remained within the scheme, sparking a possible investigation into mis-selling claims by the Financial Service Authority (FSA)....