Retirement

Partnership has appointed Chris Gibson-Smith to the company's board as chairman-designate.

George Osborne is considering a new tax raid on the pension contributions of richer voters, after rejecting the idea of a "wealth tax" based on higher council rates for luxury homes and apartments.

London & Colonial has launched a Multi -Platform self-invested personal pension and an Open Annuity today.

Canada Life has confirmed its approach to annuity rate pricing ahead of the introduction of gender equalisation legislation.

Few people are prepared to save enough of their salary in a pension to achieve a comfortable retirement despite knowing the 8% auto-enrolment minimum is not enough, a Friends Life survey has found.

Auto-enrolment for 4 million people who are members of hybrid pension schemes could be delayed until 2017 through a loophole in the legislation, a consultancy has warned.

Equiniti Group has agreed to sell Xafinity Consulting business to CBPE Capital.

The Pensions Ombudsman has ruled in favour of one of a pair of brothers in a dispute over a small self-administered scheme (SSAS).

The Treasury has confirmed rumours that it will launch a consultation on income drawdown limits are untrue.

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