Retirement

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.

Unemployment in the UK increased by 114,000 for the three months to August to 2.57m people - the highest number since 1994, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Alliance Boots is leaving itself open to mis-selling claims from its thousands of pensioners after it offered to change the way their plans are paid, its former finance chief said yesterday.

The latest round of quantitative easing (QE) sparked a surprise rise in gilt yields yesterday, despite fears of long-term falls which could increase pension scheme liabilities.

Standard Life has revealed it is working with the National Employment Savings Trust to integrate the scheme into its proposition to clients ahead of auto-enrolment.