Retirement

The pensions industry must work together to establish an efficient and consistent transfer method or risk having a poorer version inflicted upon it by the regulator, Tom McPhail has said.

The PA Debate into whether retirees can be expected to make informed retirement decisions has entered the fourth day with closing arguments now available online...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley was paid a total of £610,000 in the year to 31 March, with a basic salary of £460,000, figures published today show.

Zurich has overhauled its platform fee structure and announced a cut in its initial investment charge for all clients.

On June 11th Retirement Planner held its inaugural Forum and Awards at Le Meridien Piccadilly in London.

In the first of four instalments of in-depth research into the retirement planning market Helen Morrissey looks at the challenges and opportunities facing advisers operating in this market.

"The Budget freedoms are not license for people to spend their retirement income unwisely" - so said Key Retirement Solutions' Billy Burrows when I interviewed him recently (see pages 4-5).

Collective defined contribution has been causing a stir among employers and group schemes? What do advisers need to know about this new type of pension?

In the second part of Retirement Planner's auto-enrolment discussion, Helen Morrissey looks at whether current auto-enrolment contribution levels are enough to deliver decent retirement outcomes.

Is the increased flexibility in how retirees can take their pension leading to more interest in property? Fiona Murphy finds out.