Retirement

Increasing longevity is the biggest concern for advisers when recommending investment strategies for clients planning for retirement, according to MetLife Europe.

An adviser survey by MetLife has suggested that clients cite increasing longevity as the biggest threat to their retirement plans.

Standard Life's retail and group SIPP customers will now be able to access its mutual fund supermarket, FundZone.

SIPPcentre, A J Bell's low-cost SIPP offering, has launched a regular investment link to Cofunds.

Protection and investment bond new business continues to slump but sales of individual and occupational pensions are soaring, statistics from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) reveal.

Since my last blog on IFAonline, we at Life Trust have been working on producing a report that puts a figure on the cost of retirement in conjunction with the Centre for Economic and Business Research.

Advisers have grasped SIPP opportunities, with applications to the SIPPcentre more than doubling in June 2008, according to A J Bell.

Clerical Medical has come under fire for pulling out of a charges deal on its Retirement Selection Plan (RSP), a version of the James Hay SIPP.

SIPP applications received in June by SIPPcentre were up 62% on the same period last year, parent firm A J Bell announced today.

LV= has reduced the rate of interest on its newly launched Flexible Lifetime Mortgage by 0.2pc to 6.75pc.