Retirement

The opening up of the retirement income market will drive the emergence of more adviser-provider partnerships, according to Foster Denovo.

Standard Life has become the latest provider to face adviser criticism as some life companies seemingly struggle to deal with pensions changes they claimed they were prepared for.

New pensions minister Ros Altmann has outlined her primary objectives in the role, including safeguarding the retirement ‘freedoms' that were introduced last month.

Ros Altmann is bad news for the 'business as usual brigade'

Old Mutual Wealth (OMW) chief executive Paul Feeney has declared the government's unprecedented retirement reforms are a "shot of adrenaline" for the financial services industry, as the group lauded the positive impact of adviser network Intrinsic on...

Fraudsters masquerading as state-owned National Savings & Investments (NS&I) are cold calling retirees to offer the chance to invest in the government's market-leading ‘pensioner bonds'.

Advisers should follow a simple three-step process when dealing with 'insistent' clients which will put them in a strong position should any future problems arise, Rory Percival has said.

The potential for savers taking free financial guidance to mistake it for advice is real and threatens everything advisers "have worked hard for", a financial planner argued in a panel debate on the government's Pension Wise service.

Advisers could be forced to collect and share client information on non-advised business with providers under new rules mooted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Inflows onto Aegon's platform have tripled as the provider benefited from the effects of pensions freedom, it said in an interim statement today.