Retirement

Changes to death benefits: What does it mean for clients?

Is pension simplification yet another nail in the coffin of advice for less wealthy clients?

How the regulator is striving to bust myths about its rules

Chair of the Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) Sue Lewis has told MPs she expects the emergence of "a lot of toxic products" in the retirement sector following the announcement of new pension freedoms in the Budget.

Steve Webb’s vision for pension reform

It is critical guidance guarantee take up rates increase in its first five years of operation as the proportion of retirees solely relying on defined contribution (DC) pensions grows, Michelle Cracknell has said.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) expects the guidance guarantee to "help people understand the questions they should be asking", not offer choices for them, director of policy David Geale has told MPs.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ordered an equity release provider to repay a client the cost of a lifetime mortgage after it found the client had received bad advice.

Complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) about annuities and income drawdown products have seen an uptick the since the March Budget, new figures have shown.

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