Retirement

Just Retirement has reported record sales of annuities and equity release mortgages totalling almost £1.5bn and increased its operating profit by 15.7% to £87.1m.

Old Mutual is to launch a range of at-retirement products, in a bid to rival upscale wealth managers like St James's Place.

Self-employed people who plough their income into their business and dismiss retirement planning are taking a risk, research has suggested.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

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.