Retirement

The Conservatives pensions capability has been severely damaged with the loss of Nigel Waterson from the commons, the EEF says.

Gordon Brown's suggestion during last night's live TV debate the Labour Party would extend its policy to restrict pensions tax relief to include people earning more than £100,000 was a "slip of the tongue", a Labour spokesman says.

As investors look to more esoteric investments in a bid to deliver strong growth, Mary Stewart looks at the need for true due diligence

Helen Morrissey talks to MetLife's Peter Carter about how the business is developing

Graeme Clark discusses discretionary management

Peter Welch takes a look at the issues currently affecting the equity release market to see if he can identify the source of recent turmoil.

For clients moving or living abroad, UK pension benefits can be neatly transferred to a tax neutral QROPS in a well regulated jurisdiction, such as Guernsey, although QROPS may not be suitable if the client intends to return to the UK at some point in...

As the election campaign moves into its final stages there remains one ‘elephant in the room' which no politician really wants to talk about - the deficit and how after the election this will be tackled.

The General Election is now just days away. The campaign has certainly been one of the more interesting ones.

Outsourcing the investment process goes some way to easing the regulatory burden for IFAs, but plenty of research is required before this step can be taken.