Retirement

Norwich Union has launched the Norwich Union Income Drawdown plan for customers who want a simple product with the control benefits of a SIPP.

Lincoln Financial Group will host a series of breakfast seminars for advisers on retirement planning and business growth in April and May.

The Life Trust Foundation, an independent organisation, has launched to raise awareness and understanding of issues associated with increasing longevity.

EQUITY release provider In Retirement Services (IRS) has issued a warning to retirement planners that underestimating the anticipated future longevity of their clients may prompt pension penury.

Premier Pension Services (PPS) has merged the administration functions of its small self-administered schemes (SSAS) and self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) following A Day.

A total of 40% of pensioner couples had a private pension income below £1,000 from 2005 to 2006, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

EQUITY release specialist Just Retirement has announced its entry into the 'impaired' annuity market.

THE UK's 'at retirement' market for financial products will more than double within the next five years to £30bn a year, Watson Wyatt predicts.

The at retirement market for financial products will more than double within five years to over £30bn a year, according to actuary Watson Wyatt.

One of the most consistent and scathing criticisms of financial services companies by the media and consumer groups has been over the practice, in some quarters, of tempting new clients with advantageous terms and products that are never offered to existing...