Retirement

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The government has announced it could bring forward plans to increase the state pension age (SPA) for people currently aged in their 40s or below.

Carey Pensions' Christine Hallett discusses the first year of auto-enrolment and highlights the upcoming opportunities and challenges.

Adam Wrench looks at how retirees living abroad can use QROPs to protect against the lifetime allowance

Inflation adjustment is coming next April, but will consumers understand the new set of figures, asks Natanje Holt

Fiona Murphy looks at AJ Bell's recent wish-list for pension reform, including calls to scrap flexible drawdown, and asks other industry players for their views.

In this week's poll we asked: Are you currently advising clients on what they can do as the lifetime allowance drops at the end of this tax year?

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

Fiona Murphy looks at the issues faced by women coming up to retirement and asks if we need a different approach to advice.

Association of Member Directed Pensions Schemes(AMPS) chairman Neil MacGillivray talks to Helen Morrissey about the challenges facing the industry as well as his plans for his tenure.