Retirement

Novia has warned its users that basic errors like failing to use a client's full ISA allowance could lead to legal action from increasingly aggressive claims management companies (CMCs).

Tesco is awaiting regulatory approval to launch an online annuity comparison service, though it does not plan to launch own-brand annuity products.

Wealth manager Mattioli Woods has acquired the pension administration business of Ashcourt Rowan in a deal which could be worth more than £1.3m.

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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?