Retirement

People relying on their property to fund their retirement will be 20% worse off today than they would be in 2008.

Many advisers have not been properly trained to use pension transfer tools, despite massive uptake in their use since an FSA review in 2008.

Tax on pension contributions could affect those currently earning £100,000 a year by 2020, Towers Watson has warned.

GP Noble trustees Graham Pitcher and Gary Cordell have appeared before magistrates to face charges relating to a £52m pension scheme fraud.

Reform of the Open Market Option would boost government coffers by £1.7bn over 20 years and should form part of all political manifestos, a lobby group says.

The Tories say they will scrap means testing for Equitable Life victims if they are elected.

Preparing for auto-enrolment is among The Pension Regulator's (TPR) top priorities set out in its corporate and business plan 2010-2013.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has called on the occupational pensions industry to establish super trusts which it says would add 30% to members' pension pots.

Retirement Planner Editor Helen Morrissey introduces some of April's highlights

Tax efficient arrangements such as employer funded retirement benefit schemes could come under heavy government scrutiny following yesterday's Budget, a consultant warns.