Retirement

Mark Loosmore of AT8 Group looks at pension transfer offerings from Selectapension, including a specific QROPS analyis tool.

Workers who delay boosting their pension pot until the last ten years of work could be risking their retirement as more than 25% of the over-55s are out of jobs due to illness or redundancy, according to Aviva.

Introducing a flat-rate state pension of £140 per week by 2016 will make five million pensioners worse off, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) said.

Jonathan Rees, director general of the Government Equalities Office, has reassured insurers there will not be a ban on age-based insurance pricing in the near future.

Adam Wrench assesses the issues advisers need to bear in mind when looking at the QROPS market

In May, Retirement Planner held a breakfast briefing on retirement income. Ray Chinn, head of pensions at LV=, gave his view on the future of retirement income

Chris Horlick discusses the findings of the recent OECD report into rapidly ageing populations and asks what it means for long-term care funding.

Following its review into ­allowing early access to pensions savings, the government decided there is insufficient evidence that such a move would encourage saving.

What are the key challenges facing advisers who have clients who could use QROPS as part of their retirement planning?

Andrew Tully discusses the potential impact of Solvency II