Retirement

Legal & General saw new business rise 3% during a tough 2008 as growth in the pensions and retirement market offset falling sales elsewhere.

Investors are increasingly switching from cash ISAs to stocks and shares ISAs in order to achieve a higher return.

Standard Life's UK life and pensions sales plummeted 25% in the final three months of 2008 as the financial crisis gripped the nation.

Schemes have increased life expectancy assumptions used for funding valuations by 11 months in reaction to regulatory pressure, Mercer says.

Suffolk Life has negotiated further discounts on third party funds via Cofunds, it announced today.

Standard Life is to launch a marketing campaign for its SIPP, to be fronted by celebrities Marco Pierre White, Mariella Frostrup and Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

The Equitable Life fiasco reiterates the importance of impartial advice after customers following sales staff's recommendations are still not guaranteed their money back.

Scottish Life has launched an investment proposition for pensions which it hopes will help advisers comply with FSA requirements.

The pension switching review has implications for the entire market including platform to platform re-registration, Skandia says

More than a quarter of closed final salary schemes will switch existing members to defined contribution plans as a direct result of the economic crisis, research shows.