Retirement

Aegon has been ordered to pay a customer £10,500 in compensation after it told him he would receive double the pension income he was actually due.

Andy Zanelli asks whether the deadline for fixed protection needs to be amended

The mortality rate in England and Wales continued to improve last year, prompting actuaries to warn of a knock-on effect on pensions.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has proposed a nationalised brokerage system to help retirees get the best annuity rate and reform the current "toxic system".

It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

Just one in 20 employers intends to use the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) for auto-enrolment, according to Punter Southall research.

Retail banks could come into the QROPS market as legislation removes complexity, according to Rex Cowley, consultant for The Overseas Pension.

QROPS that fail to take up proposed rule changes will not be hit by hefty member charges, according to David Higgins, technical expert director for Fairbairn's at Overseas Pensions.

Helen Morrissey takes a look through the latest Retirement Planner Inquiry and asks what challenges retirement advisers will be facing in the coming year

How is the SIPP market evolving to meet regulatory requirements? Fiona Murphy goes through the results of this month's Inquiry