Retirement

Friends Provident expects new pensions business to fall further in the second half of 2008 as it continues to pay for pipeline business after disbanding initial commissions.

The credit crunch has seen pension scheme funding of FTSE100 companies fall by more than £50bn in a year, Lane Clark & Peacock LLP (LCP) research suggests.

The one thing the Government needs to make their pensions reform agenda work is apathy.

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has hit back at the FSA for suggesting specialist lenders are not adhering to TCF principles when handling arrears.

Openwork has appointed Hornbuckle Mitchell to provide SIPP products for its advisers.

The sustained period of rising level annuity rates has stalled, according to Alexander Forbes Annuity Bureau.

Legal & General (L&G) has extended its range of individual pensions with the launch of Portfolio Plus.

A trust designed to protect a client's SIPP lump sum death benefits from a future IHT charge on the death of their spouse has been launched by Fidelity FundsNetwork.

Scottish Life has launched a series of technical information leaflets on income drawdown to help IFAs advise clients on whether the pension option is suitable.

threesixty is offering a free updated version of its guide to IHT in response to the introduction of the transferable nil rate band announced in the last Pre-Budget.