Retirement

Advisers have welcomed plans to introduce a compulsory code of practice for insurers which is designed to encourage consumers to shop around for an appropriate annuity when they approach retirement.

Nationals round-up: ETFs came under the microscope following the UBS scandal, while downturn-beating funds, retirement income and Halifax's savings accounts also featured.

The government can save £900m a year from public sector pensions without raising workers' contributions for two years, a lobbying group has argued.

Andy Zanelli and Simon Smallcombe go through the key issues to understand about third way products

James Hay Partnership's Neil MacGillivray explains how a client can get more for less.

Ed Miliband was heckled by delegates at this week's TUC conference after he sparked trade union fury by describing strikes over public sector pension reforms as "a mistake".

Trade unions this morning declared war on government pension policy after three of the country's biggest confirmed some 1.65 million workers would move to strike in November over public sector pensions.

Advisers need to be sure they are entrusting their clients' SIPP funds to the right partners. Andy Leggett says there are some important questions to ask and there need to be convincing, evidenced reasons before any boxes are ticked.

This week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll asks: Do you believe the DWP should accelerate the increase in State Pension Age to age 67?

A former director of advisory firm Towry Law has written a book about his experiences in his second career as a celebrity booker.