Retirement

Higher rate pension tax relief has been described as being in "its final days" and of "minimal value from a social perspective" by one adviser.

National IFA and employee benefits consultancy LEBC Group (LEBC) has auto-enrolled its staff a year ahead of its staging date.

Just Retirement's total annual annuity sales reached £1.34bn in 2012/2013, 12.5% up year on year.

A fully digital independent advisory business has launched a 'pensions predictor' tool to provide clarity over the impact of pension charges.

In this week's quick-fire Retirement Planner poll we ask: Could 'self-regulation' in the annuity market fail, as the FCA has warned in its latest paper?

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

The number of over-60s getting divorced each year has soared since the mid-1990s, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Legal & General (L&G) has signalled its intention to become a "major player" in delivering low cost passive investment solutions to UK retail clients as the group saw profits rise 13% in the first half of the year.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will push ahead with its annuity market probe, and investigate if providers' profit margins are ‘high', despite industry murmurings self-regulation goes far enough.

Natanje Holt looks at the twin issues of falling annuity values and the recent history of GAD income maximums in drawdown and asks the question: Are we simply going ‘back to the future' rather than looking at a more relevant way of calculating income...