Retirement

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we asked: Where do you see the main areas of growth in the annuity market?

Some customers handle risk differently from others. Mike Morrison explains the virtues of understanding their varying risk tolerances

Trades unions have rejected a government suggestion to hold a 15-minute symbolic strike instead of a day of industrial action over cuts to public sector pensions.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has highlighted the role of IFAs in making pensions reform a success, but said he anticipated it would be difficult communicating the changes to the public.

Phil Clarke, technical services manager at Rowanmoor Pensions, says his son was reluctant to even consider opening a pension, until he bumped into a financial adviser...

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will press ahead with plans to force pension providers and advisers to reveal the effect of adviser charging on pension plans at the point of sale.

The news from Scottish Widows that 50% of women are now saving properly in pensions is welcome, but retirement equality is still a long way off.

Members of the Unison trade union have voted in favour of strike action on 30 November in response to public sector pension reforms.

Addidi Wealth's Anna Sofat has described the findings of HSBC's latest retirement report as having "little relevance for British women."