Retirement

Business and compliance company SimplyBiz has launched a non-advised annuity referral service.

Steve Bee is calling for the simplification of pension tax relief, arguing all savings should be taxed at their deferred rate when drawn as income.

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

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Are advisers risking a "great opportunity" unless they finalise and promote auto-enrolment propositions?

SIPP provider James Hay has expressed concern over a rise in queries to use flexible drawdown to strip out pension funds.

The cost of registering a lasting power of attorney (LPA) has been reduced from £130 to £110, the government has announced.

NEST Corporation, the trustee body that runs auto-enrolment pension scheme NEST, has been defrauded out of more than £1.4m, it has revealed.

Membership of private pensions has hit a new low, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The GAD drawdown yield for August has been set 2.75%, up a quarter of a per cent on July, meaning drawdown pensioners can increase the amount of income they can take from their pot.

A high-profile court case to determine whether pension liberation schemes are illegal will begin on 16 July.