Retirement

Fiona Murphy takes a closer look at how drawdown investment risk and reward is changing

Stephen Lowe takes a look at the enhanced annuity market and explains why 2013 will be an important year

Insurers have warned against "distracting" the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) from its original purpose by lifting government-imposed restrictions.

Legal & General (L&G) has appointed Simon Gadd as chief risk officer, and Kerrigan Procter as managing director of the group's annuities business.

A group of consumer organisations, employers and trades unions have demanded that the government lifts the restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

MOVERS & SHAKERS

New staff in the private sector face "next to no chance" of joining a final-salary pension scheme, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), after a survey suggested the closure of such schemes is accelerating.

Advice to opt out of state earnings-related pension schemes (SERPs) tops the list of complaints at claims management firm Open Resolution.

Solvency II could have ‘huge implications' for annuity customers with rates likely to fall by up to 20% if insurers are forced to hold greater reserves, Deloitte warns.

Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Dentons has revealed some of the investments it has turned down in the last 12 months.