Retirement

Pension transfer requests out of defined benefit (DB) schemes doubled post pension freedoms, according to research from one provider.

A persistent lack of awareness among consumers around spotting pension scams and finding financial advice has raised concerns about whether consumer education campaigns are working.

Pensions freedom retirees want best of both worlds

When is a £1m nil rate band, not a £1m nil rate band?

Second-hand annuity market needs 'strong controls and close policing'

Post-it note size stuff for IFAs and paraplanners

Why spousal bypass trusts still have a place in estate planning

Should advisers include 'cost of regulation' in fees breakdown?

Are providers cutting advisers out of the group personal pension process to pocket the difference in charges? And is there anything wrong with that?

Royal London is to heighten warnings it gives to pensions freedom retirees looking to encash their pots as hundreds of savers withdraw cash with the intention of keeping it in bank accounts.