Retirement

An advanced investment platform has become an essential tool in today's retirement planning market, says Alastair Conway

Cuts in pension staff will be "key" to a restructuring at Legal & General (L&G), the insurer says.

Suffolk Life has launched a SIPP guide for IFAs, illustrating how SIPPs can develop through an investor's life to meet their retirement objectives.

Swiss Re is shutting down its variable annuities and pensions business in a bid to scale back its retirement-related activities, Professional Pensions has learned.

Skandia has unveiled a range of ISA support services to help advisers in the run-up to the end of the tax year.

Investors in the LV= with-profits fund will see their policy values fall by an average of 1.2%.

SIPP transfers are set to soar in early 2009 due to the ability to transfer protected rights, according to Fidelity FundsNetwork.

Snow bound a couple of weeks ago, I set to musing about the FSA's paper on pension switching advice and the recently issued suitability assessment template.

Members of the Royal Mail Pension Fund could see their benefits slashed by 50% if plans to privatise part of the company are not pursued, the trustees warn.

Personal Accounts will cost UK businesses almost £3bn each year after 2012, according to consultancy firm, Mercer.