Retirement

Life and pensions specialist Friends Provident has joined a growing list of firms offering guide to aid advisers through the pension changes, after 6 April next year.

Close to one in three UK employees are opting not to join a company pension scheme, new research indicates.

The FSA has published two separate factsheets for consumers regarding guidance for retirement planning.

Comments by the head of the government's pensions commission to a Sunday paper may have shaken the foundation on which the government has pinned its hopes to solving the UK pension crisis, albeit gently.

In the UK the FTSE 100 Index has declined about five points to 4984.40 points, paced by Vodafone Group.

Pension simplification set for 6 April 2006, has again thrown up a potential for confusion, this time regarding the re-naming of certain pensions products.

A large amount of women in the UK are not taking advantage of pensions sharing orders in divorce, according to Killik & Co.

Ros Altmann has pointed to the inadequacies of the amount of money available within the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS).

Pensions experts have warned against the possible pitfalls arising from the creation of the Pensions Protection Fund (Ppf).

Stock broking firm Killik & Co has launched a low cost self-invested personal pension which incorporates the cost of advice.