Retirement

Pension specialists Scottish Life has appointed support firm Barrie & Hibbert to help it develop an investment framework to support its Governed Range Investment proposition.

A further base rate cut will aggravate a weakening economy and leave the nation unprepared for an inevitable inflationary "shock", Dr Ros Altmann warns today.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has backed the UK government's strategy to issue more long-dated, indexed-linked gilts and has called for a range of distribution methods to be available to help meet pension funds needs.

The head of Norwich Union could not rule out making further commission reductions on a number of its products.

Enhanced annuity sales rose by almost a third in 2008, with strong growth expected to continue through the recession, according to Watson Wyatt.

Higher rate taxpayers should consider making up any shortfall in their pension fund by transferring cash held in ISAs into a SIPP, according to Killik & Co.

Higher rate taxpayers should consider making up any shortfall in their pension fund by transferring cash held in ISAs into a SIPP, according to Killik & Co.

Standard Life has been selected to provide a corporate SIPP to BT's 20,000 defined contribution (DC) members.

Higher rate taxpayers should consider making up any shortfall in their pension fund by transferring cash held in ISAs into a SIPP, according to Killik & Co.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) may increase its levy to deal with a growing deficit, reports suggest.