Retirement

The role of advisers must be a key focus for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) market study into the workplace defined contribution (DC) pension market, according to Aegon.

The blame for the erosion of trust in financial services must be laid at the feet of everyone involved in the sector, the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) director of supervision has said.

Better-off pensioners should pay tax at a similar rate to younger people on comparative incomes, according to the Fabian Society.

The annuity market faces a ‘tipping point' as more ‘Middle Britain' savers could benefit from alternative retirement options, warns a new report.

It will come as little surprise to readers of IFAonline.co.uk that most of your peers believe Hector Sants, the former chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and now the highly-paid head of compliance at Barclays Bank, was misguided...

In this Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Is the rise of annuity self-service websites a good thing for consumers?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Kevin Wells, the managing director of Montpelier Pension Administration Services, from performing any significant influence function at any regulated firm, and also censured him.

Advisers setting up group personal pensions (GPPs) must add VAT to the charges they levy on employers, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out the steps it will put into action in the event of a regulatory failure.

SIPPclub has launched a one month campaign to gather feedback on whether residential property should be held in a SIPP.