Retirement

It’s not easy being an adviser (but why should it be?)

Insurer Aviva has launched a direct to consumer (D2C) platform giving consumers access to a general investment account, and ISA and a self-invested personal pension (SIPP).

Struggling investors unable to pump more money into troubled overseas property investment Harlequin have been told by the company they risk financial damages claims for breach of contract.

PA's handy guide to pension transfer rules

Ministers have given out mixed messages on when the government will intervene against providers failing to offer full pension flexibility.

Keeping bosses enrolled in the same pension scheme as all other employees could boost overall workplace saving engagement, according to ex-pensions minister Steve Webb.

Rupert Harrison,former chief of staff to Chancellor George Osborne, is to take up a new role at BlackRock to help develop its retirement proposition.

There has never been a better time to be in financial advice, but IFAs who fail to embrace technology will lose out to more tech-savvy firms who better serve pensions freedom clients, experts have said.

Aberdeen Asset Management is to partner with pensions consultancy Hymans Robertson for a service which will see it use the firm's technology to target direct investors for the first time.

Steve Webb has warned that the Conservative government may target the £15bn salary sacrifice bill in its July emergency Budget.