Retirement

Decumulation - or pension harvesting - seems to be this season's most fashionable pensions topic.

A total of 15% of households earning £30,000 a year have had to take on a second job because of the credit crunch, according to a survey by AXA.

Professional Pensions today launches its revamped website after extensive consultation with the pensions industry.

The Government must do more to tackle the problem of means-tested benefits in retirement as it prepares to introduce personal accounts in 2012, urges financial benefits provider B&CE.

MetLife has appointed Ed Gardner as chief executive officer (CEO) of its UK branch and Dominic Grinstead as strategic development and marketing director to grow the business.

FTSE 100 pension schemes reached their biggest surplus in six years last month after rising to £40bn, according to actuary Watson Wyatt.

Voluntary pension contributions have almost halved in the past 12 months, according to research from Prudential.

Openwork Market Solutions (OMS), Zurich Financial Services Group's specialist IFA, has become the official distributor for Living Time's fixed term annuity plans.

Charlie Massey, The Pensions Regulator's executive director for strategic development, is to leave after completing a three-year secondment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

KEY Retirement Solutions is urging retirees in ill-health to seek out enhanced terms offered by specialist equity release providers.