Retirement

Proposals to let defined benefit (DB) members with small pots transfer out without taking advice are supported by the industry, according to research carried out by Professional Adviser sister title, Professional Pensions.

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Pension administrators will be required to provide HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) was additional information before setting up new schemes as part the crackdown on pension liberation.

People who opted to take greater retirement income through the money purchase scheme pension option have been left unable to take advantage of pensions freedom, a provider has said.

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Axa Life Invest has added a death benefit guarantee to its drawdown offering to protect the amount passed on to family or dependents if a client dies before age 75.

Parmenion is set to upgrade its in-house self-invested personal pension (SIPP) wrapper when the retirement freedoms unveiled at last year's Budget are rolled out on 6 April.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the final rules on the independent governance committees (IGCs) that must be set up by providers of contract-based pension schemes.

The government has laid draft regulations before parliament to introduce a 75 basis point charge cap on defined contribution (DC) default funds alongside a raft of additional governance requirements for trustees.

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