Retirement

Tax relief on pensions should be replaced by a Treasury contribution of 50p per £1 saved, argues a radical report by Michael Johnson for influential think tank the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS).

Fiona Murphy goes through the results of this month's Inquiry on the recent Budget and finds an advisory market (mostly) cheered by radical reforms.

The Budget has been described as the death knell for annuities and a welcome boost for income drawdown. Barry O Sullivan looks at how the rules change the face of the pensions market and what should an adviser's strategy be going forward?

While the amount of flexibility available in pensions has increased since the Budget is there room for more? Neil MacGillivray looks to the ISA world for inspiration.

The SIPP market recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Ray Chinn takes a look at the opportunities and challenges that exist within the market.

Susan Midha takes a look at some more unusual ways of mitigating an inheritance tax liability

Nigel Hatt looks at the protection opportunities for those in danger of breaching the lifetime allowance.

Cashing in your pension sounds better in theory than in practice, says Mike Ferguson of pension provider Barnett Waddingham.

The ability for DC members to be able to take their pension as a cash lump sum could lead to a raft of requests from DB members to transfer to a DC arrangement. Helen Morrissey looks at the potential impact of such a move and asks how schemes should communicate...

Fiona Murphy asks: What do the sweeping changes introduced in the Budget mean for financial advisers?