Retirement

Mike O'Brien, minister for pensions reform, welcomes the Department of Work and Pensions' (DWP) Deregulatory Review of Private Pensions, published today.

Financial advisers are underestimating the number of clients that qualify for enhanced annuities, according to retirement specialist, Tomorrow.

A former director of Natwest and executive director of Gartmore will head up the independent team charged with rolling out personal accounts.

Chancellor Alistair Darling should raise the age at which people must buy an annuity or move into an Alternatively Secured Pension (ASP) from 75 to at least 80, says Living Time, a financial services company.

The cost of living for people aged 65 and over is rising faster than the national average, warns Prudential.

I was fortunate last week to be invited to the first day of the test match at Lords.

The Pensions Regulator aims to strengthen defined benefit scheme funding in 2007 and 2008, according to its annual report.

The proposed £8.3bn merger of Resolution and Friends Provident has led to a frenzy of speculation on the motivation behind the deal.

The amount of equity released in the UK via equity release products has risen by a third in the first half of 2007 due to rising house prices, according to the UK Equity Release Market Monitor.

Another White Paper, another Government response. Forgive me for feeling blasé, but pension consultations have become ten-a-penny.