Retirement

French president Nicolas Sarkozy's contentious measure to raise the state pension age from 60 to 62 has been passed by the second chamber.

Labour MP Fabian Hamilton has tabled an amendment to the Equitable Life (Payments) Bill to include 10,000 more annuitants in the compensation scheme.

This month's Retirement Planner Inquiry takes a look at how platforms are being used in the retirement planning market

Neil MacGillivray outlines the value of by-pass trusts and explains why poor drafting of new legislation has resulted in lost opportunities

Simon Chalk considers some of the product innovations in the equity release market

Helen Morrissey talks to Buckles' chairman, Nigel Speirs about how the firm is preparing for the retail distribution review

MetLife Europe will launch a suite of new products this year and next on the back of its acquisition today of American Life Insurance Company (Alico).

As NEST looks to recruit fund managers for a range of mandates, the Financial Times' David Stevenson asks if they have got their asset allocation model right.

The Pension Protection Fund has recorded a £400m surplus, compared with a £1.2bn deficit the year before.

The Pensions Regulator has been given a budget to regulate NEST and auto-enrolment schemes, pensions minister Steve Webb confirmed today.