Retirement

Some providers that insist regulated advice be taken by customers seeking to transfer out of their pensions are unsure why they require it, research suggests.

Tax relief at the point of retirement saving is the most powerful way to get people to create a later life nest egg, according to Zurich, making it the latest provider to come out against the government's plans to treat pensions like ISAs.

Government plans to merge ISAs and pensions would harm retirement saving and mean more retirees run out of money, Axa Wealth head of retirement planning Andy Zanelli has warned.

Fees charged by St James's Place (SJP) are under the spotlight once again, as the restricted advice firm reluctantly gives some answers to investors who are struggling to find out how much they pay for its services.

Here is our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend...

MetLife has launched a flexible guaranteed drawdown product utilising funds from Fidelity Worldwide Investment and BlackRock.

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Tax relief on its own still won't incentivise saving

Advisers are calling on regulators to introduce rules restricting the contact product providers can have with their clients.

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