Retirement
Pensions
The new Pension Wise service is being tested ahead of launch to ensure it meets any potential demand surges, according to pensions minister Steve Webb.
21 January 2015
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Investment
Architas and technology firm BirthStar have launched seven retail funds that follow an age-based strategy more commonly associated with default auto-enrolment (AE) pension funds.
21 January 2015
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Pensions
Citizens Advice has revealed the location of the first 44 centres that will deliver face to face guidance to retirees under the Pension Wise scheme.
20 January 2015
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Regulation
Pension advisers face a massive increase in the amount they pay to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) as the service prepares for a "significant" rise in claims linked to self-invested personal pension (SIPP) advice.
20 January 2015
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Regulation
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) plans to collect a levy of £287m from firms in 2015-16, as it prepares for a rise in claims related to self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs).
20 January 2015
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Pensions
A fifth of UK workers are facing a significant shortfall in their retirement incomes as a result of the 2008 economic crash, according to HSBC research.
19 January 2015
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Pensions
Major shareholders, including Old Mutual's Richard Buxton have thrown their weight behind Aviva's £5.6bn takeover bid of Friends Life, saying the deal would strengthen both sides.
19 January 2015
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Income
The government's new bonds for the over 65s have seen the biggest opening sales of any retail financial product in Britain's modern history, after more than 110,000 customers invested in the products, National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has said.
18 January 2015
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