Retirement

Third way products were dealt something of a blow when the government refused to amend the tax rules around GAD limits. Helen Morrissey looks at what effect this decision has had on the market and what providers and advisers need to do to move the situation...

Structured products have increased in popularity in recent years. Clive Moore discusses how they can be used in retirement planning

Aegon has won an innovation award for its 5 for life retirement product.

Life and Pensions provider Friends Provident has promoted Mark Cracknell director of development of UK distribution.

The results of the FSA's annual persistency survey for 2007 suggest the industry cannot sustain traditional methods of pricing pension plans, Scottish Life says.

Advisers must change the way they assess customers' retirement requirements, according to research conducted by Vertex Life.

HAZELL Carr has launched a SIPP with a focus on flexibility, low charges and high service standards.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) welcomes the Pension Protection Funds' (PPF) efforts to stabilise its levy arrangements over the next three years.

AXA Wealth Management has added a discretionary trust option to its stakeholder, personal pension and self-invested pension wrappers.

Zurich will add pension tools to its intermediary website in the next few weeks.