Retirement

We are nearing the end, dear readers. After a week of hearty, healthy debate on whether percentage charging models are a "relic of a bygone era", we publish our experts' final statements. Who wins your vote?

Most people are unlikely to spend less of - or save more into - their pension as a direct result of the removal of the "punitive" 55% ‘death tax' earlier this month, according to research.

Adviser insight: Sustainability of retirement income

'Pensions freedom will be a minefield'

Standard Life's UK business has reported a 5% increase in assets under administration (AUA) following net inflows of £1.5bn and "positive market movements".

Pension tax relief reform plans put forward by the major political parties smack of short-term ad hoc thinking which the UK could "come to regret", a think tank has said.

Crippling FSCS levies: Know why you're paying, know how to stop

All advisory firms face the prospect of an interim levy from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in 2015-2016 following a swell of claims related to self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs).

Curtis Banks, the specialist self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider, is planning an £85m float on AIM.

A retiree's complaint against Friends Life over its failure to pay his annuities on time for a decade has been rejected by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), despite FOS and Friends admitting the delays are poor customer service.