Retirement

Higher rate tax relief on pensions is "costly and ineffective" and should be scrapped, a think thank has warned.

The issue of advising small pension pots is to be debated in the House of Lords on 27 November.

A high take-up of auto-enrolment could make the policy a "victim of its own success", a think tank has warned.

STATE PENSION

Fiona Murphy asks what the FSA's capital adequacy consultation means for the self invested personal pension (SIPP) industry

An independent long-term savings commission is needed to depoliticise key pension policy decisions, AJ Bell has said.

The government's auto-enrolment legislation may have a more significant effect on consumers' disposable income than planned government cuts, according to JO Hambro Capital Management's Clive Beagles.

Money being channelled through an insurer's platform into external funds under auto-enrolment (AE) could put members' pensions at risk if the fund provider went bust, Standard Life has warned.

AXA Wealth's long-term pension plan and onshore investment bond are Retail Distribution Review (RDR)-ready, offering advisers flexible charging options.

Aviva has launched an additional two pension levels on its platform to sit alongside its current self-invested personal pension (SIPP) business.