Retirement

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Are you clients taking a blended approach to retirement planning?

Positive Solutions has partnered with online employee benefits provider Benefex to help businesses prepare for auto-enrolment duties.

Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Hornbuckle Mitchell has cut its set-up charges by 30% until the end of the year.

Conventional annuity rates have dropped 7% since June and enhanced rates have fallen 5% in the same period, according to analysis from provider MGM Advantage.

More than 30% of people aged over 60 are confused about annuities, research conducted by Age UK has found.

Iain Duncan Smith has confirmed plans for a flat-rate state pension are still going ahead.

FIVE THINGS

Proposals on changes to the calculation of the retail prices index (RPI) may harm pension funds, savers and investors, experts have claimed.

CONDENSED

Suffolk Life has reached £5 billion assets under administration for the first time.