Retirement

A group of public sector unions will begin a High Court challenge today over the way public sector pensions are calculated.

Question: What education and training do advisers need with regard to unit-linked guarantees?

Question: What lessons can the UK unit-linked guarantee market learn from the more established markets such as the US and Japan?

Lord Hutton has said the Labour administration's pension reform package did not go far enough and may have "made matters worse".

The coalition is considering postponing auto-enrolment, according to former Chancellor Alistair Darling, who said a delay of a year or more probably means the reforms will be abandoned.

Research from AJ Bell shows 97% of participants want reforms to drawdown income limits.

Standard Life has added its voice to growing calls for workers to be auto-enrolled into individual savings accounts (ISAs).

Ministers have delayed the rise in the state pension age (SPA) to 66 by 2020 for women after widespread protest against the reform.

Some of provider Scottish Widows pension customers have been affected after a technical glitch hit its investment rebalancing system.

Fiona Murphy looks at the financial strains affecting how women are preparing for retirement.