Retirement

AXA will pilot its Enhanced Annuity proposition with specialist IFA firm Hargreaves Lansdown, it has announced.

Personal accounts should not allow pension savers to fill gaps in their pensions by moving unlimited lump sums into the scheme, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) says.

Pensions reform will change our world for ever. From 2012, all employers will have to auto-enrol the vast majority of their employees into a pension scheme and pay a pension contribution in respect of them.

Scottish Widows says the Government must ensure it makes exemption rules for existing pension schemes clear and simple to operate.

Standard Life has slammed today's Pensions Bill which says the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) would help and advise the Secretary of State for causing "conflicts of interest".

The Government has backed defined benefit (DB) schemes in today's Pensions Bill saying it wants the schemes to continue.

Pensioners will have to rely more heavily on income from personal pensions as occupational schemes are declining in value, MetLife warns.

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has used a pensions advice guide to question if the Government can achieve its 2012 personal accounts launch date.

November has been a busy month. I seem to have been at a variety of conferences, some in a speaking capacity but others just as a delegate.

Tomorrow's pensions bill could highlight potential stumbling blocks for the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA), says Aegon.