Retirement

Pension provider Scottish Widows has been told it cannot reclaim almost £100,000 it mistakenly paid to a divorcee three years ago.

Partnership Assurance is to float on the London Stock Exchange.

Scottish Life is asking IFAs to consider whether to ‘strike now or later' on annuity advice.

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The move to ban consultancy charging is "less dramatic than it sounds" as most of the charges that can end up with the employer's adviser remain unaffected, according to a consultant.

Suffolk Life has acquired the self-invested personal pension (SIPP) business from Yorkshire-based wealth management business Pearson Jones.

A City of London call centre at the heart of a pension liberation operation has been raided by police and several people have been arrested.

Providers should "show solidarity with advisers" rather than offer non-advised companies cheap deals on annuities, according to one Cheshire-based annuities specialist.

IFAonline.co.uk was last night named Financial B2B Website of the Year at the prestigious Headlinemoney awards.

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