Retirement

Stephen Lowe discusses the findings of recent research into equity release

Major household names like McDonalds, Travelodge, the BBC and BT will use the National Employment Savings Trust for auto-enrolment.

Advisers believe uncertainty over future pricing will make it difficult to advise women on lifetime annuities before the EU gender directive on 21 December, Primetime Retirement has found.

Six in 10 IFAs are ‘concerned' about advising female clients to buy lifetime annuities ahead of the introduction of the gender equality ruling, according to research.

The government will take action if charges paid by auto-enrolled pension scheme members shoot up after the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) commission ban.

More 2 Life has launched the first equity release product to address the "mortgage time bomb" of people paying interest-only loans into retirement.

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Standard Life has added flexible drawdown as a feature on its SIPP propositions and rolled out a new range of drawdown funds.

Advisers looking to break into the corporate pension market to serve SMEs' needs after automatic enrolment should consider taking specialist qualifications, according to the Pensions Management Institute (PMI).

MGM Advantage has confirmed its annuity quoting structure and business model for the period leading up to the EU gender ruling on 21 December.