Retirement

Almost half of SIPP providers offer a defined link to their fund platforms to help mutual fund trading, according to research by Defaqto.

Standard Life has become the top provider in the mass SIPP market, according to research by software company Mastek.

The Pensions Regulator has published an e-learning module to help trustees understand the winding-up process for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.

AMPS, the association for SIPP and SASS providers and advisers, has elected Winterthur's strategy manager Mike Morrison as chairman.

It seems that each governing party that comes to power likes to make its own stamp on the pension and investment marketplaces, particularly the pension industry which has seen radical changes over the last decade, with simplification being the latest....

Watson Wyatt has launched a database to help clients compare European defined contribution (DC) pension providers.

Aegon has called on the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) to make it clear to potential personal account customers that charges may have to rise in future.

The Pensions Regulator will monitor personal accounts, says Pensions Minister Mike O'Brien.

At around this time each year my family starts asking me "what would you like for Christmas?" Usually I say "Oh I don't really want anything - a bottle of whisky or a bottle of brandy will do nicely."

Government proposals to halve the revaluation cap for preserved pensions in defined benefit (DB) pension schemes will reduce member protection, says consultancy First Actuarial.