Retirement

Providers should take a stand against pension liberation schemes by refusing to comply with transfer requests, advisers say.

Consumers are oblivious to the 'bigger industry picture' and are easy targets for unregulated 'advisers' who sell them risky products while collecting commission, an IFA has warned.

More than one in ten couples over the age of 40 have never discussed their retirement plans with each other, according to research from Prudential.

In this week's quick-fire poll: Does the planned cap on annual management charges (AMC) for pension schemes risk bringing an "artificial" element to the market, as Scottish Life has warned?

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

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A group of investors is preparing to pursue self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Stadia Trustees for hundreds of thousands of pounds via the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) for what it claims was its failure to carry out proper due diligence...

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) workers may strike over the group's decision to remove inflation protection from its defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.

The planned cap on annual management charges (AMC) for pension schemes is too narrow and risks bringing an "artificial" element to the market, Scottish Life has said.