Retirement

Aegon today confirmed the sale of its UK-based life and pensions business Guardian to European private equity group Cinven, for a total cash consideration of £275m.

Question: What important role do you see these products playing in the retirement income space in future? Calm before a storm?

Question: Complexity and cost are two reasons I give when asked why I don't recommend unit-linked guarantees to my customers. Are we likely to see more cost effective products coming onto the market?

The Pensions Regulator has contacted tens of thousands of IFAs and accountants as part of its auto-enrolment education drive.

Lord McFall has called for an industry code of practice to establish a normal 0.5% for defined contribution (DC) pension fund management fees.

Retirement Planner's quick-fire poll this week asks: Do you believe in Lord McFall's assertion that charging structures on pension schemes are unreasonably high and "too opaque", rendering saving ineffective?

The British Medical Association (BMA) has lost a high court case challenging NHS rules which mean doctors' widowers receive smaller pension payouts than those of doctors' widows.

Just Retirement's new business sales for the year to June 2011 were £1.13bn, representing at 13.3% increase on 2009/10 figures.

Financial researcher Defaqto has put together a short list of factors for advisers to consider when assessing a SIPP provider...

Public sector workers will have to pay up to £3,000 a year more into their pensions to keep their "gold-plated" retirement schemes, ministers are set to announce.