Retirement

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.

The over-80s is the fastest-growing section of the population, research from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) suggests.

Running Winterthur's outsourced SIPP in-house will kick-start new firm AXA Winterthur Wealth Management's drive to the at-retirement market.

Aegon has launched a flexible adviser remuneration option for annuities in a bid to close the advice gap for customers with smaller pension pots.