Retirement

Financial services and policy makers must act now to protect millions against the ‘pension pinch' as life expectancy increases and the pensions gap widens, urges Life Trust Foundation.

A J Bell's SIPPcentre adviser registrations have risen by 44% in the twelve months to September 2008, compared to the same period in 2007, as savers fear market volatility.

Friends Provident has enhanced its corporate pensions offering by adding SIPP and income withdrawal options to its New Generation Group Personal Pension.

Today is the first day that around £100bn of protected rights money currently sitting in insured funds can be consolidated into a registered pension scheme including a SIPP.

HSBC has hired Standard Life to provide a Group SIPP for employees wanting to invest maturing HSBC Share Reward Plans into a pension.

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