Retirement

Defaqto has published a free guide aimed to help IFAs understand the innovative third way retirement product market, listing 20 questions advisers should ask providers in their due diligence process.

Pointon York has announced its PY SIPP can now accept protected rights following changes in the rules made by the Government.

Just Retirement and 1st The Exchange have launched a new business tracking facility for the provider's equity release and annuities products.

IFAs have a tough time persuading apathetic, wealthy retirees to take action against the worrying effects of IHT and inflation, according to HFM Columbus.

Total UK pension funding deficits have fallen by around £20bn since the beginning of the week on the back of the equity market fall-out.

Lloyds TSB plans to extend its wealth management products and services by leveraging off its own and HBOS's long term savings product suites.

Income drawdown has become the flexible solution sought by many in their post working life. From a standing start in the mid-1990s, this year, drawdown accounts for over 21% of new funds earmarked to provide retirement income.

Apologies to the esteemed Mr Shakespeare, but when it came to writing lines that pass the test of time, he was undoubtedly the master. How much he knew about sophisticated financial packages, however, is debatable.

Merchant Investors is waiving all transfer and top-up charges on its SIPP until the end of the year, it has announced.

The TUC has urged Pensions Minister Mike O'Brien to resist pensions industry lobbying to water down the test to decide whether an employer's pension scheme is good enough to qualify as an alternative to Personal Accounts.