Retirement

Today insurance giants who condemn savers to a life sentence of rip-off pension payouts by depriving them of thousands of pounds of income have been named and shamed - by their own industry body.

Millions of people currently entitled to the state second pension will be worse off as a result of the government's pension changes, the TUC has claimed.

In this week's quick-fire Retirement Planner poll we ask:Should banks enter the equity release market?

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

Over a quarter (27%) of international employees are concerned about the possibility of having to work longer than they wanted to due to financial constraints later in life, a report from HSBC reveals.

Adviser support group Tenet is warning that unless the approximately 38,000 medium-sized employers due to be staged for auto-enrolment next year start planning now, many will struggle to get the help they need.

Martin Tilley discusses the importance of due diligence in both the SIPP and SSAS world

Neil MacGillivray discusses the future prospects for flexible drawdown

Pensions provider Royal London has posted a strong growth in sales through advisers following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), with its platform new business sales up a record 39% on last year, the firm's interim results have revealed today.

One in seven workers has no idea when they will be able to retire, according to research from Barings Asset Management.