Retirement

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has expressed concerns about the use of distribution deals to circumvent rules banning the payment of commission.

Impaired life annuities could offset ‘unfair' rises in state pension age for groups with lower life expectancy, the pension minister has said.

Over half of IFAs deal with two or more SIPP providers for expertise, according to research from Splice Consulting.

Boal & Co is celebrating after being named Best International Specialist Pension Provider at the International Fund and Product Awards 2012. Retirement Planner spoke to MD Gary Boal about the win

In fewer than eight years there will be just one million defined benefit savers in the UK, while defined contribution schemes will cover 16 million workers, the Pensions Policy Institute predicts.

Pension tax treatment is "hard to justify" and could generate the necessary revenue for long-term care reform according to research.

Pensioners' incomes have grown faster since 1999 than those of working age people, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said.

Failure to shop around for an annuity is costing pensioners £124m per year, Key Retirement Solutions claims.

Nine out of ten advisers report clients using income drawdown are worried about their income potentially falling by as much as 55%, a poll has found.

The parent company of enhanced annuity provider Partnership intends to list the business on the stock market.