Retirement

The average retired person has more than £8,000 of personal debt to repay - with the collective total for the country reaching £96bn, analysis has found.

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: the ‘granny tax' has caused great controversy in the media with many commentators saying it is yet another example of pensioners being penalised.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

Don't be taken for a ride when looking for the right SIPP provider. Stewart Dick goes through the issues advisers need to think about.

With RDR almost upon us, Fiona Murphy asks how advisers are engaging with platforms in the latest Retirement Planner inquiry

The National Employment Savings Trust has finalised its opt-out process ahead of the introduction of auto-enrolment later this year.

Auto-enrolment will spark a surge in pension business and providers could struggle to cope with increased volumes unless they prepare now, Friends Life has said.

Chancellor George Osborne "buried" plans in last week's budget to offer a tax break to non-doms, according to an analysis of the budget small print by a Labour peer.

The average pension saver has lost £2,750 a year from their future income in retirement over the last year, research finds.

Small to micro employers will be given a "significant easement" of £1.7bn in the roll-out of auto-enrolment, under government plans to delay both staging and contribution rates.