Retirement

Aviva is to axe four products to new business, including its Aviva self-invested personal pension (SIPP), blaming duplication in the product range for the move.

The government "should not pay much attention" to unions' threats to strike over public sector pension and pay reforms, chief Treasury secretary Danny Alexander has said.

Lighthouse Financial Advice has agreed a three-year contract extension to provide advice services to the 17,000 members of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL).

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

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Will you support AJ Bell's income drawdown campaign by writing to your MP?

The Annuity Bureau has launched an online tool to give retirees quick access to the best annuity quotes.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed to bring the auto-enrolment earnings thresholds into line with the personal tax limits for 2013/14.

People are increasingly turning to friends and family rather than advisers for pensions advice, according to research released today.

The government should "stand up for low-income savers" and lift the restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), a Conservative MP has said.

More than half of the UK population has never received financial advice or cannot recall receiving any, research from the Money Advice Service (MAS) has suggested.