Retirement

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.

The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) has appointed Michelle Cracknell as its chief executive.

In this week's quick-fire Retirement Planner poll we ask: Will changing the law effectively tackle pension liberation?

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

The total deficit of private sector UK defined benefit (DB) schemes increased by £100bn last month as rising inflation expectations pushed up liabilities, figures show.

Half of all smaller businesses are not prepared to pay a financial adviser for work around auto-enrolment (AE), according to a report released today.

Pensions minister Steve Webb is considering changing the law to combat the growing problem of pension liberation.

Clients in their 50s dealing with a retirement income shortfall are "crying out" for alternative investment solutions to close the gap, according to Axa Life Invest.

Mutual life and investment group LV= has reported a drop in sales of 14% for the first half of the year, despite seeing a hike in group pre-tax profit of 144%.

Legal and General (L&G) will cap its charges on the default fund within workplace pension schemes at 50 basis points (bps) from 9 September.