Retirement

It is "unrealistic, uneconomic and unnecessary" to expect those approaching retirement to take regulated financial advice, according to Hargreaves Lansdown.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has promised to set up an "annuities task force" and conduct a wholesale review of pensions decumulation.

The maximum amount of money drawdown pensioners can withdraw from their retirement pot is set to rise next month.

The recent launch of the ABI's Annuity Window has sparked debate as to how best to serve retirees. Helen Morrissey asks what constitutes a good quality shopping around service.

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: New research from Liberty SIPP has found advisers are losing faith in SIPP providers' reputations. Have you lost faith?

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

One in five Britons predicts they will never be able to retire fully, a survey has revealed.

Consumer attitudes towards financial services businesses have changed irreversibly, the chief executive of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has said.

The government may extend its ban on consultancy charging in auto-enrolment (AE) schemes to vehicles set up before it announced the practice would be outlawed.

British businesses will face a bill of more than £15bn to properly comply with auto-enrolment regulations, according to research from a think tank.