Retirement

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to investigate about 30 million insurance company policies over concerns that customers are subject to "unfair" conditions.

Why clients should consider residential property funds for their SIPP

Pension charges for workplace schemes will be subject to a 0.75% cap under government plans confirmed today.

People who have already taken their tax-free lump sum will be given more time to decide what they want to do with the rest after the government scrapped the rule forcing action to be taken within six months.

IFG Group, the parent company of James Hay Partnership and Saunderson House, has named John Cotter as its interim chief executive as its latest results show a dip in operating profits.

Will annuities go the way of the dinosaur?

Pensions expert Ros Altmann has called for retirees to have access to "specialist basic advice", not unregulated guidance, as several of the pension changes announced at Budget 2014 come into force.

Legal & General, one of the country's largest annuity providers, has said it expects to see revenues from annuity products fall by three quarters by the end of 2015 following a sweeping reform of the sector.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) is calling on members and other advisers to detail how much they spend on regulation and compliance so the regulator "can be held to account".

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask:Has the government taken the right approach in terms of the pension reforms outlined in the Budget?