Retirement

Do you think MPs should give up their 'gold-plated' defined benefit pensions?

Advisers will have a bigger job on their hands after gender equalisation comes into force this year, indicates research.

James Hay has added more than 100 new funds to its platform, including a number of risk-rated and multi-manager offerings.

Saga director general Ros Altmann has said the maths behind the Retail Prices Index (PRI) is not wrong and the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) proposal to change it is solely about the government reducing costs.

Consolidating pensions through a pot follows member system is more cost effective for than alternative forms of accumulation, Department for Work and Pensions statistics show.

MPs should lose their gold plated defined benefit (DB) pensions and see them replaced by a career average set up, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Committee (IPSC) has recommended.

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Increased polarisation within the bespoke SIPP market could lead to the emergence of niche esoteric providers, AMPs' chairman has said.

An e-petition calling for drawdown rates to be revised to help pensioners who have seen their income drop has been posted on the government's website.

The Pensions Income Choice Association (PICA) has pushed Steve Webb to ensure 2.5 million members of trust-based pension schemes are covered by the forthcoming industry code of conduct.