Retirement

Sweeping pension and annuity reforms will be the centrepiece of the Queen's Speech later this morning.

In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Will pooled pensions lead to poor consumer outcomes?

Our weekly round-up of product launches, people moves and events for financial advisers...

When it comes to pensions, this is the land of broken promises

Platform Ascentric has removed the set up and transfer-in costs on its in-house self invested personal pension (SIPP) and cut its annual tax wrapper fee from £150 to £100.

A radical pooled pension proposal could prevent retiring workers using their funds as they please.

Chancellor George Osborne is in danger of emulating Robert Maxwell "as a destroyer of pension savings" with plans for a retirement 'guidance guarantee', Tom McPhail has warned.

Workers are to be given the option of saving into new 'collective' pension schemes which ministers believe could boost their incomes by up to 30%, under plans to be unveiled in the Queen's Speech later this week.

Product providers should have no role in delivering free retirement guidance, following the 'advice for all' proposals in the Budget, Legal & General (L&G) chief executive Nigel Wilson has said.