Retirement

Mary Stewart looks at how scheme pension should also be considered as a retirement income option alongside capped and flexible drawdown

Matthew Stephens weighs up how ISAs and pensions can complement each other in a retirement planning strategy

Simon Chalk discusses the impact the recent ECJ ruling on pricing according to gender could have on the equity release market

SIPP provider IFG Group has received a second takeover approach from an unnamed company.

Standard Life's former managing director of corporate, Gerry O'Neill, has been suspended from his role at the firm.

Premier Retirement Solutions (PRS) has launched an annuity comparison service in a bid to help retirees make the most of the open market option (OMO).

Draft guidance on auto-enrolment certification does not clarify nuances around salary sacrifice and opt-out inducements, leaving some employees in a "netherworld", a lawyer said.

Labour and a growing proportion of Liberal Democrat MPs plan to mount an assault on the acceleration of the state pension age (SPA), Rachel Reeves, shadow pensions minister says.

SIPP providers say they have serious doubts about whether the FSA's proposals to force them to produce more literature and increase charging disclosure will benefit pension clients.

Barnett Waddingham (BW) has reduced by more than £120 the SIPP set-up fees for clients introduced by a financial adviser.