Retirement

Life and pensions new business rose by 4.6% in Q4 2007 to £3.849bn, up from £3.679bn in Q4 2006 on an APE basis, the ABI reports.

Company directors should not see their business as their pension, warns Rowanmoor Pensions.

The FSA must clamp down on slow SIPP transfers which contradict its treating customers fairly (TCF) initiative, according to Suffolk Life.

Legal & General's with-profits bonuses rose 12% last year to £665m.

BUSINESSES are failing to provide adequate workplace pension education, according to a survey from Alexander Forbes Financial Services (AFFS).

Rowanmoor Pensions is warning IFAs who recommend pension schemes move to Ireland that they will attract regulatory scrutiny.

SG Hambros Bank, part of SG Private Banking, has launched a SIPP with private equity investment opportunities.

Defined benefit (DB) pension scheme trustees will face increased scrutiny if their mortality assumptions appear weaker than the long cohort assumption under a consultation published by the Pensions Regulator today.

Scottish Widows has welcomed the launch of the The Pension Advisory Service's (TPAS) pension help line for women.

Almost 95% of IFAs want to increase their pensions and divorce business, according to research from Winterthur.