Retirement

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

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Prudential has warned there will be further cuts to the annual allowance. Do you agree?

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said it, together with Essex Police, is continuing to investigate complaints into troubled overseas property company Harlequin.

More than half of young workers are facing the prospect of lousy retirement incomes unless they significantly increase their pension contributions, an influential think-tank has said.

Careers breaks to care for children, more common part-time working and typically getting paid less money than men are key factors preventing women from saving adequately for retirement, according to a report.

Sense Network has launched a comprehensive auto enrolment support service for all of its members in conjunction with Steve Bee's Jargonfree Benefits.

Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Barnett Waddingham has added Brewin Dolphin, Charles Stanley and Rowan Dartington to its discretionary fund management panel for its members.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has reported a 39% increase in overall complaints against financial products, with increases in claims related to self-invested person pensions (SIPPs), personal pensions and annuities.

The nine suspected liberation vehicles at the centre of the High Court pension liberation court case are occupational pension schemes, a judge has ruled.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has made its scheme registration process more stringent in an attempt to prevent pension liberation fraud.