Retirement

Britain's retirement confidence has hit its lowest point in three years, with nearly three quarters of the nation worried about affording a comfortable retirement, according to Alliance Trust Savings.

Phil Carroll goes through the different types of trusts available

Paul Wright discusses how structured products can be used in a retirement planning portfolio

Kevin Pacey discusses the challenges for advisers and clients in the at-retirement market and looks at how the increasing choice affects how advisers give advice

Recent fluctuations in the housing market mean people can no longer look with certainty at using their property to fund retirement. David Millar discusses the situation

Mike Morrison clarifies the issues surrounding QROPS?

Each month we ask our industry to answer one big question!

Self investment of protected rights will bring a whole new flexibility to retirement planning. However, Richard Ellis points out some of the potential hurdles

Andy Kirby looks at how the EU's Green Paper on succession and wills and assesses how it could affect the way advisers work with clients owning offshore assets

Maureen Duckworth goes through the issues surrounding recycling tax free cash