Retirement

Friends Life has launched an annuity underwritten on savers' lifestyles, rather than specific medical conditions, in a bid to compete on the open market.

London & Colonial has teamed up with TAM Asset Management to provide investors with a socially responsible pension strategy and charitable donation scheme.

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Are your clients worried about the lifetime allowance cut?

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

Santorini Financial Planning's Matthew Walne is one of four advisers collaborating on the Auto-Enrolment Advisory Group which offers support to advisers looking to get into the auto-enrolment market. Helen Morrissey asks him about his plans.

Peter Craddock, a director at the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA), is among three new names on a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) committee responsible for approving applications and issuing warning notices.

Advisers and pension scheme members have been warned not to "overreact" to the pension lifetime allowance cut, which is due to fall from £1.5m to £1.25m on 6 April.

Equity release specialist Stonehaven has been bought out by annuity provider MGM Advantage.

Ex-GP Noble trustee Graham Pitcher has appealed his eight year prison sentence for his role in a £52m pension fraud.

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