Retirement

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.

Financial education has been confirmed as an official part of the English national curriculum, including lessons on the public finances.

More than 12 million UK workers face retiring on inadequate incomes even with the introduction of compulsory pension saving, according to official government estimates.

SIPP providers urgently need to address their quality of service, according to research by Liberty SIPP, which suggests just over half of IFAs feel the reputation of SIPP providers has worsened in the past 12 months.

Axa Wealth has introduced flexible drawdown to its Retirement Wealth Account (‘RWA'), the company's self-invested personal pension.

DIVORCE

Zurich has appointed a new leadership team for its board following last month's resignation of Josef Ackermann over the death of the company's chief financial officer Pierre Wauthier.