Retirement

Labour MP Ann Clwyd is to introduce a Bill aimed at limiting pensions of bankers working for institutions bailed out by the government.

MPs are challenging the Government's decision to ignore the Parliamentary Ombudsman's recommendations on how to compensate victims of the Equitable Life scandal

When I entered the field of retirement income in the late 1970s we had a pensions industry that was the envy of the world.

Public sector pensioners who have been underpaid their benefits due to administrative errors dating back to 1978 will receive full arrears, the government has confirmed.

Prudential has launched a flexible annuity option, allowing pensioners to review their income every two years as their circumstances change.

Final salary pension schemes experienced the highest five-day volatility on record, with the biggest single day loss of £27bn on Monday, Aon Consulting says.

Standard Life admits it needs to "recover" the trust of some advisers in the aftermath of its Sterling Pension fund disaster.

Andy Pennie, Marketing Director, Santander Private Banking From the media headlines, a visiting Martian might conclude that all economic activity in the UK had ceased with the end of the investment boom and the advent of a recession.

More employees will continue working into their old age, despite yesterday's decision by the European Court of Justice in support of compulsory retirement at age 65, according to Watson Wyatt.

Forced retirement at 65 can be justified under European law only if it is a "proportionate" means of achieving a legitimate employment policy, European judges have ruled.