Retirement

Scottish Widows has launched an auto-enrolment platform, AssistMe, to aid employers as the new pension rules comes in.

Some British pensioners, as well as investors in index-linked gilts, face lower returns if proposals to align the retail prices index (RPI) measure of inflation with the consumer prices index (CPI) are approved.

Auto-enrolment begins on 1 October for the largest companies. Do you think employers are ready?

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

Ian Stewart asks whether the SSAS market needs to see the return of pensioneer trustees

Connected party transactions can be valuable in providing funding for small businesses. Iain Herbertson outlines what factors advisers need to make clients aware of.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has proposed an equivalent to the fruit and vegetable ‘five a day' campaign to promote good financial habits.

The government is to re-examine plans for a £140 flat rate state pension amid worries about the potential political fallout.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that well-known business icons including Theo Paphitis and Karren Brady are among the celebrities to help promote auto-enrolment through an advertising campaign.

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