Retirement

Ensuring clients are fully aware of the open market option is a good way to ensure advisers and providers treat customers fairly says Kim Lerche-Thomsen

The open market option (OMO) is a highly valuable tool that is nevertheless woefully underused. Bernard Footitt discusses the inefficiencies that hamper the OMO's operation and puts forward ways to make it better

As the SIPP market continues to grow Colin Christie highlights the main challenges going forward

Equity release is growing in popularity but more still needs to be done to boost awareness among advisers. Paul Cowman looks at the market

As the issue of transfer values continues to drag on Graham Edmonds, Simon Powell and Tim Jones outline what has happened so far

Trusts can play a hugely beneficial role in retirement planning. Phil Carroll demonstrates how good advice can really help advisers add value

Recent regulation in the SIPP market has sparked real innovation in product design. Neil Marsh highlights how he thinks the market will change

Each month, we ask our industry to answer one big question!

Assessing SIPP suitability will be a real challenge for advisers. Christine Hallett discusses how this will be achieved