Retirement

Friends Provident says it will press ahead as planned with implementing its new UK strategy despite having its insurance financial strength rating cut by Moody's.

The chief executive of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), Partha Dasgupta, has announced he will stand down in June 2009.

The Government is "hell-bent" on destroying existing workplace pension schemes after allegedly reneging on a decision to implement a quality test designed to measure them against Personal Accounts, according to Standard Life.

Scottish Life has re-launched a range of support material for employers and advisers to help them set up and run successful salary sacrifice schemes.

Standard Life has extended the range of less volatile forms of investment available through its individual, group and Wrap SIPPs in response to adviser feedback.

Advisers are being reminded a deadline to protect large pension pots from tax charges is approaching.

Discrimination is good. A dictionary definition is "the power of making fine distinctions", so it's a synonym for good judgement. Most insurance is based on discrimination.

Richard Taylor has been appointed as managing director of A J Bell Pensions, responsible for its SSAS and SIPP business.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has arrested three men after a tip-off from the Pensions Regulator.

The Government needs to do more to encourage young people to save for retirement as 40% of 23-35 year olds surveyed do not have a pension, research by Endsleigh suggests.