Retirement

Chris Prior highlights the issues advisers need to discuss with clients considering equity release

Phoenix Group has seen a 340% rise in requests to transfer pensions to suspected pension liberation companies in the past three months.

Someone earning the average wage of £26,500 and contributing 8% of their salary under auto-enrolment will need to work until the age of 80 to maintain that income in retirement if they take their 25% tax-free lump sum, according to research by self-invested...

It's IFAonline's weekly heads up on five articles your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

Insurance pioneer Clive Cowdery has tabled a bid for a US insurer in the tycoon's first attempt to enter the American market.

The government's Pensions Bill, which was first introduced in May and is set to reform the UK's state and private pensions, is now taking views from the public before it reaches its final stages in the Commons.

The draft Pensions Bill does not do enough to protect consumers from obtuse and excessive charges, a Conservative MP claims.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has pledged to scrutinise "the whole value chain" - including authorised advisers and pension companies - as part of efforts to stamp out pension liberation fraud.

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Should the baby boomer generation take more investment risk in the run-up to retirement?

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