Retirement

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.

Maryrose Fison digs into the detail to see how the recent Budget affected pensions

With the election now set for May 6 what kind of retirement planning pledges would you like to see in the different parties' manifestos?

As we prepare for the General Election on May 6 Tom Stevenson puts forward what he would like to see in a political manifesto

Julie Hutchison takes a look at how the recent Budget has affected estate planning

Pension schemes are facing serious risks in the aftermath of the Greek economic crisis, Redington Partners says.