Retirement

The sequence of returns in an income drawdown portfolio is all important in creating a sustainable income over the course of a retirement. Steve Patterson looks at the issues.

Helen Morrissey looks at the results of our latest Inquiry and asks what challenges advisers face when giving estate planning advice

The FSA and AMPS have conflicting ideas over capital adequacy requirements. Fiona Murphy asks which solution is best?

Pension providers will now have to include the impact of inflation in personal pension illustrations after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) released its final rules on the issue.

Standard Life Wealth (SLW) has opened an office in Bristol as a hub for its south west operations.

More than a dozen pension schemes are undertaking medically underwritten bulk annuity deals with Partnership, after the first two ‘enhanced buy-ins' were completed by the insurer last year.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has said the abolition of contracting out, brought forward to 2016, does not mean defined ambition (DA) proposals must be finalised earlier.

The number of pensioners aged 90 and over has increased by 26% between 2002 and 2011, according to the Office of National Statistics.

The government will consult on amending pension scheme rules to free up disused space in commercial properties for residential use, budget documents have revealed.

The government has confirmed it will end tax relief on contributions to pension schemes set up for employees' spouses or families as part of a clampdown on avoidance.