Retirement

Ian Naismith looks at how advisers should assess client suitability for a SIPP

Volatile investment markets may put many people off income drawdown, but Mary Stewart believes it still has much to offer

Billy Mackay discusses what income drawdown can offer people coming up to retirement

SIPPs are future-proofed and will prove robust in the post-RDR world, according to Defaqto.

Just Retirement, the annuities and equity release specialist, is considering an expression of interest from a private equity bidder.

Aegon is launching a guaranteed income investment product it says reflects the growth of the third-way annuities market in the UK.

Some 96% of companies are planning changes to their workplace pension schemes, PricewaterhouseCoopers research reveals.

I am sure we are all aware that the government intends to include provisions in the Finance Act 2009 to restrict higher rate tax relief on pension contributions by individuals with taxable income of £150,000 or more.

The Pension Protection Fund has announced that it will set a pension protection levy estimate of £700m, indexed to wages, for 2010/11.

IFAs and SIPP operators are among 11 people arrested in connection with a suspected £2.5m pension fraud.