Retirement

While pension savers back the upcoming pension freedoms they are ‘daunted' by the scale of choice on offer and want providers to offer them a default investment or drawdown choice, research has found.

Ascentric has introduced an inclusive platform charge as it moves to give advisers more charging options for their clients.

Maximising retirees' tax positions will become all-important post-pension freedoms, giving advisers huge on-platform planning opportunities, Zurich's Alistair Wilson has said.

The Budget freedoms that come into force in April could trigger mis-selling claims worth billions of pounds, law firm Sackers has warned.

Guardian SIPP is suing investors with pension money tied up in troubled property investment Harlequin for non-payment of the fees related to their self-invested personal pension (SIPP).

Schroders has launched a fund to help defined contribution (DC) members coming up to retirement take advantage of incoming Budget flexibilities.

National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has been accused of underpreparing for the launch of its pensioner bonds after its website temporarily crashed shortly after they went on sale.

Saga and Tilney Bestinvest are to launch a joint venture offering investment and financial planning services to the UK's over 50s.

A man in bankruptcy has retained his personal pension after a High Court judge decided he should not be compelled to hand it over under an Income Payments Order (IPO).

Seven out of ten defined contribution (DC) pot holders aged over 55 would prefer pensions to deliver a guaranteed income for life, according to research published by the International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC-UK).