Retirement

The majority of IFAs say the current state pensions system needs a fundamental overhaul, according to research from AXA.

State pensions must be reformed to help women and poorer people in particular, Stephen Haddrill, director general of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), said on Monday.

Standard Life has launched a new portal for online servicing of its 38,000 employer pension schemes called GroupPensionzone.

The government intends to introduce financial planning education into the school curriculum in two years time, Whitehall sources have told IFAonline.

Six out of ten people have no plans to review their pensions arrangement ahead of A-Day, according to a survey conducted by Norwich & Peterborough Building Society.

The Association of Pensioner Trustees (APT) and the Sipp Provider Group (SPG) are to merge into a joint trade body known as the Association of Member Directed Pensions Schemes (AMPS)

Raising the retirement age to 70 should form part of a package of measures to stave off a pensions impasse, business leaders said today.

Pension charges may rise after the removal of RU64 but this is not necessarily a bad thing, industry figures say.

IFAs must review their clients and speak to those who will be affected by A-Day, according to the FSA.

Introduction of a simpler, fairer Citizen's Pension and raising the retirement age to 69 would take 10 million future pensioners off means-tested benefits, the National Association of Pension Funds says.