Retirement

Defined Contribution (DC) pensions could be killed off by the huge number of regulations governing the schemes, warns L&G Investment Management's head of DC strategy Ian Richards.

Rocketing petrol and food prices have caused around 43% of Britons to save less for their retirement, according to a survey by financial services company Edward Jones.

Lincoln Financial Group is halving the administration fee on its flexible retirement product, Lincoln i2Live, from £200 to £100 per client.

Another bank holiday gave me yet another chance to sample the delights that UK airports have to offer. This time the travel was for ‘pleasure' and I at least had the company of family and friends to sweeten the pill.

More needs to be done to increase adviser understanding of third way pensions or growth in this area in the UK will be limited, according to new research by consultancy Rayner Spencer Mills (RSM).

The rapid growth of pension buyouts seen in early 2008 is set to continue, according to Pension Corporation director Steven Lowe.

Some pension savers could be hit with penal tax charges due to auto-enrolment in Personal Account in 2012, according to First Actuarial.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) says retirement savings for low earners risk being undermined by the Pensions Bill.

Some wealthy Britons are exploiting a tax loophole that allows them to retire abroad with their UK pension savings and live tax-free, The Guardian reports.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) and the Investment Management Association (IMA) have written to the Government asking for clarification on personal accounts limits in the Pensions Bill.